"Reality is a sliding door...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reason why any one refuses his assent to your opinion, or his aid to your benevolent design, is in you: he refuses to accept you as a bringer of truth, because, though you think you have it, he feels that you have it not. You have not given him the authentic sign.”

“Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world.”

“Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions, that around us arerushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests.”

“Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.”

“Reality is what I see, not what you see.”

“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”

“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.”

“Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.”

“A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.”