“ The smallest feline is a masterpiece. ”

“ The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. ”

“ A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. ”

“ Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ”

“ Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. ”

“ I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. ”

“ Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. ”

“ Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. ”

“ Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ”

“ The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ”