“Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.”

“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”

“Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.”

“a man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.”

“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.”

“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”

“we must judge men not so much by what they, as by what they make us feel that they have it in them to do. If a man has done enough in either painting, music, or the affairs of life, to make me feel that I might trust him in an emergency he has done enough”