I sometimes think you despise poetry, ' said Phineas. 'When it is false I do. The difficulty is to know when it is false and when it is true.

unfamiliar things least produces familiarity. Familiarity only gets closer to you when you open your doors to familiar things

I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.

The channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist's concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song is higher than the struggle.

It is harder to cut our gains than to cut our losses.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.

To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing

You don't need eyes to see, you need vision.

You need to know that even as life develops in superficially disappointing ways, there is still fun to be had.

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.