"In argument, truth always prevails finally in politics, falsehood always."

"Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven."

"Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age."

"We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier."

"All the sounds of the earth are like music."

"Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed."

"When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images."

"I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary."