“These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our last defense.”

“Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?”

“All the small, simple, conscious acts of living a sudden defense against the dying we do every day.”

“Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. What preparations should we be making now? The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day.”

“If you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating each other for the rest of our lives, for a whole day's tête-à-tête between two women can never end without a quarrel.”

“When the woman you live with is an artist, every day is a surprise.”