Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

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The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?