Utility Quotes

And many such good inventions are there, that they are like woman's breasts: useful at the same time, and pleasant.

It never was in the power of any man or any community to call the arts into being. They come to serve his actual wants, never to please his fancy.

...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic equation and the use of logarithms are often of value in ordinary cases: but all beyond these is but a luxury; a delicious luxury indeed; but not be in indulged in by one who is to have a profession to follow for his subsistence.

The useful may be trusted to further itself, for many produce it and no one can do without it; but the beautiful must be specially encouraged, for few can present it, while yet all have need of it.

I wouldn't give five cents for all the art in the world.