"Is there anything so wretched as to look at a man of fine abilities doing nothing?"

--

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#Men Quotes #Looks Quotes #Doing Nothing Quotes

“Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and of the poor writer, artist, and scientist in the full possession of creative powers. Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out. The decline of handicrafts in modern times is perhaps one of the causes for the rise of frustration and the increased susceptibility of the individual to mass movements.”
“I haven't stopped working hard since I was 15.”
“Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.”
“I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner.”
“What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself.”
“There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.”
“I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures.”
“I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.”

You may also like:

Alexander MacLaren
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
American Politician
Charles J. Givens
Author
E. W. Howe
Novelist
Edward Dahlberg
Novelist
Elizabeth Drew
Journalist
George MacDonald
Author
John Robert Seeley
Essayist
Katharine Anthony
Biographer