"By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound"

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art"

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"

"Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths"

"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization"

"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind"

"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"

"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least"