"The calm, Cool face of the river,..." - Quote by Langston Hughes

“A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.”

“Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.”

“As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window to shoot from.”

“The cow is the purest type of sub-human life.”

“Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part.”

“There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees.”

“Stillness is the ruler of haste.”

“Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.”

“Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him.”