As to what we call the masses, and common men;Mthere are no common men. All men are at last of a size; and true art is only possib...le, on the conviction that every talent has its apotheosis somewhere. Fair play, and an open field, and freshest laurels to all who have won them!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sad that our finest aspiration Our freshest dreams and meditations,... In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China's 600 million people is that they are "poor and blank." ...This may seem a bad thing, but in reality it is a good thing. Poverty gives rise to the desire for change, the desire for action and the desire for revolution. On a blank sheet of paper free from any mark, the freshest and most beautiful pictures can be painted.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »