Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.

Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my read more

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has read more

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.