"The artists must be sacrificed to their..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.”

“Every artist was first an amateur.”

“You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power”

“Humorists of the 'mere' sort cannot survive. Humor is only a fragrance, a decoration.”

“Artists reproduce themselves or each other, with wearisome iteration. But criticism is always moving on, and the critic is always developing.”

“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. It is the source of all true art and science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle.”

“Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never really in holiday mood, even though he often plucks flowers by the wayside and ties them into knots and garlands like little children and lays out on a sunny morning.”

“Not gold but only men can makeA people great and strong;Men who for truth and honors sakeStand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep,Who dare while others flyThey build a nations pillars deepAnd lift them to the sky.”

“We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.”