There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grie...

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out...

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of un...

Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a p...

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and...

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understan...

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where li...

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and expre...

The essence of all art is to have pleasur...

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divi...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the p...

Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performe...