“The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living…”
“Living does mean accepting the loss of one joy after another, not even joys in her case, mere possibilities of improvement.”
“Since art is merely and ultimately self-expressive, we conclude that the fullest art, the most individual, uninfluenced, unrepressed, uninhibited expression of art is true expression and the true art.”
“... Chinese consider eating food to be one of the rare joys of living...”
“Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.”
“It has come to this, that the lover of art is one, and the lover of nature another, though true art is but the expression of our love of nature.”