ON: THE NATURE OF ART

OSCAR WILDE OBSERVES                  

Nature is real, but not perfect.  Good art is perfect, but not real.

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

Art which is pleasing is considered valuable only if very old.  It is the opposite with women. 

You may also be interested in a formerly denied poetic work by the emetic Emily Dickinson, “A Cat Comes Silently into my Room.”  Should you wish to appreciate it, please visit the following site. http://vinlewis.typepad.com/emily_dickinson/    

Several books by Vincent P. Lewis are available on-line at Amazon and Lulu.  Please search by author’s name.  

ON: WISDOM

OSCAR WILDE OBSERVES

Wisdom is that small voice that keeps saying “no.”  Unfortunately, it gets louder as we get older.

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

That voice gets louder because, after a life of foolishness, we are inclined to become deaf. 

You may also be interested in a formerly denied poetic work by the emetic Emily Dickinson, “Clouds Can Change Themselves.”  Should you wish to appreciate it, please visit the following site. http://vinlewis.typepad.com/emily_dickinson/    

Several books by Vincent P. Lewis are available on-line at Amazon and Lulu.  Please search by author’s name.  

ON: HUMILITY

OSCAR WILDE OBSERVES

Humility means to expect the same results from others as I do from myself.  Thus, if I insult another for failing to meet my standards, I am only being humble.

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

Well, that certainly is something to be proud of.

You may also be interested in a formerly denied poetic work by the emetic Emily Dickinson, “I Saw a Little Bird Alight.”  Should you wish to appreciate it, please visit the following site. http://vinlewis.typepad.com/emily_dickinson/    

Several books by Vincent P. Lewis are available on-line at Amazon and Lulu.  Please search by author’s name.  

ON: DREAMS

OSCAR WILDE OBSERVES

Dreamers do not see the world as it is, or as it could be, but as what it should become.

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

Daydreaming can be cured by a good long nap. 

You may also be interested in a formerly suppressed poetic work by the (in)famous and suppressed Emily Dickinson, “The Hunted Deer.”  Should you wish to attempt to understand it, please visit the following site.

 http://vinlewis.typepad.com/emily_dickinson/    

Several books by Vincent P. Lewis are available on-line at Amazon and Lulu.  Please search by author’s name.  

ON: ATHEISM

OSCAR WILDE OBSERVES

Being an atheist requires great strength of will.  The status requires, at the same time, the conquest of both innate rationality and passionate desire.   

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

I practice a type of reciprocal atheism.  I ignore the Creator while on Earth, and I expect him to ignore me after death.   

ON: LOVE AND THE HEART

OSCAR WILDE OBSERVES

Love fills one hole in the heart while creating another.

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

I thought that those things were called valves.  

ON: BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

He who writes a chidrens’ book that can be appreciated only by children is similar to a composer who writes a song that can be sung only by an opera singer. 

MARK TWAIN REMARKS

He who writes a book only for children forgets that such books are purchased by adults.