Friendship Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything. Willa Cather 43
Art The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter. Willa Cather 34
Lose What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running... Willa Cather 26
Truth The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. Willa Cather 27
Age Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. Willa Cather 26
