Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.

Haie! Haie! These were the swift to harry; These the keen-scented; These were the souls of blood. Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men!

Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man.

A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.

The man who fears war and squats opposing My words for stour, hath no blood of crimson But is fit only to rot in womanish peace