God Help Us -- For Art Is

What I Possess I Would Gladly Retain. Change Amuses The Mind, Yet Scarcely Profits.

We Can Really Respect A Man Only If He Doesn't Always Look Out For Himself.

It Seems To Never Occur To Fools That Merit And Good Fortune Are Closely United.

It Is Working Within Limits That The Craftsman Reveals Himself.

I Had Toward The Poetic Art A Peculiar Relation Which Was Only Practical After I Had Cherished In My Mind For A Long Time A Subject Which Possessed Me, A Model Which Inspired Me, A Predecessor Who Attracted Me, Until At Length, After I Had Molded It