“He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.” Uncle Vanya
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place. What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us
It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little. De Profundis
That beauty which is meant by art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave, but a positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to, that is to say unless we are content to be less than men. Art and the Handicraftsman
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