A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.


Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.


Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.


No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.


The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.


There is a point at which methods devour themselves.


There is no method but to be very intelligent.


When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.