Edmund Clarence StedmanThinkers

Eccentricity is not a proof of genius, and even an artist should remember that originality consists not only in doing things differently, but also in “doing things better.”.

Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.

The Poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song.

September is the month whose weary days are long, the locusts sing a plaintive song, abd the cattle miss their master's call, when they see the sunset shadows fall.