Van Wyck Brooks

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, by newspapers and the Bible.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day.

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.