Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground,... encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to the... artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero is the s...ole patron of music.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In this country, the village should in some respects take the place of the nobleman of Europe. It should be the patron of the fine... arts. It is rich enough. It wants only the magnanimity and refinement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine... than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »