Genius ... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel