"...the rights of them the others are down upon, Of the deform'd, trivial, flat, foolish, despised, Fog in the air, be…"

"I have just this moment heard from the front — there is nothing yet of a movement, but each side is continually on th…"

"The paths to the house I seek to make, But leave to those to come the house itself."

"Talk not so much, then, young artist, of the great old masters, who but painted and chisell'd. Study not only their p…"

"It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them. And perhaps it is the case that the gre…"

"In our sun-down perambulations, of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of you…"

"I find I'm a good deal more of a socialist than I thought I was: maybe not technically, politically, so, but intrinsi…"

"Whitman is a "bad influence"; that is, he cannot be imitated."

"Now obey thy cherished secret wish, Embrace thy friends—leave all in order; To port and hawser's tie no more returnin…"

"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, …"