He did not die in the night, / He did not die in the day, / But in the morning twilight / His spirit passed away. |
His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed. |
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; Art has remembered the people, because they created. |
I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. |
I have the utmost respect for them. It was formed at the time of great violence and danger, particularly for African-American lawyers. |
I hope that we shall have leisure from war, -- war commercial, as well as war of the bullet and the bayonet; leisure from the knowledge that darkens counsel; leisure above all from the greed of money, and the craving for that overwhelming distinction that money now brings: I believe that, as we have even now partly achieved liberty , so we shall achieve equality , and best of all, fraternity , and so have leisure from poverty and all its griping, sordid cares. |
I know a little garden close / Set thick with lily and red rose, / Where I would wander if I might / From dewy dawn to dewy night. / And have one with me wandering. |
I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love. It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose so-called restoration. What history can there be in a building bedaubed with ornament, which cannot at the best be anything but a hopeless and lifeless imitation of the hope and vigor of the earlier world? |
I was pretty worried about him for a while. |
If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for; I should answer; A beautiful House; and if I were further asked to name the production next in importance and the thing next to be longed for; I should answer; A beautiful Book. To enjoy good houses and good books in self-respect and decent comfort, seems to me to be the pleasurable end towards which all societies of human beings ought now to struggle. |
If we feel the least degradation in being amorous, or merry or hungry, or sleepy, we are so far bad animals & miserable men. |
If you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it . . . because these are but the outward symbols of the poison that lies within them. |
If you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it . . . because these are but the outward symbols of the poison that lies within them. |
If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. |
Investigators need to understand the technology and know what to ask for, |