However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. – Havelock Ellis
It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an art. It has been more difficult to conceive it so than to act it so. For that is always how he has more or less acted it. – Havelock Ellis
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. – Havelock Ellis
The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. – Havelock Ellis
I also take pleasure in the so-called negative power in Grotjahns work. That is, I love his paintings for what they are not. Unlike much art of the past decade, Grotjahn isnt simply working from a prescribed checklist of academically acceptable, curator-approved isms and twists. – Jerry Saltz