"Art is not a treasure in the..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

“Do not confuse objectives with methods. When the nation becomes substantially united in favor of planning the broad objectives of civilization, then true leadership must unite thought behind definite methods.”

“The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.”

“It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. ...And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man.”

“I suppose an entire cabinet of shells would be an expression of the whole human mind; a Flora of the whole globe would be so likewise, or a history of beasts; or a painting of all the aspects of the clouds. Everything is significant.”

“What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas.”

“Poetry is a reaching out forward expression, an effort to find fulfillment”

“A creative person has little power over his own life. He is not free. He is captive and driven by his daimon.”

“Creativity is connected to passion - that light inside that drives you.”

“Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.”