Letters to the Press: Quotes

Every line is copied from the text. Open one to share it, or follow the link to where it appears.

• "It is a great advantage, I admit, to have done nothing, but one must not abuse even that advantage."

  Letter to Joaquin Miller

• "To be great is to be misunderstood."

  Notes on Whistler

• "A thing in Nature becomes much lovelier if it reminds us of a thing in Art, but a thing in Art gains no real beauty through reminding us of a thing in Nature."

  A House of Pomegranates

• "Common sense is the enemy of romance."

  The Thirteen Club

• "Only mediocrities progress."

  The Ethics of Journalism