Beauty is largely dependent on fitness, and fitting methods are usually the most convenient and economical; therein, indeed, to a great extent, lies … - Ernest Flagg

The qualities called personal... and the ability to impart them, in greater or less degree, is the gage of genius in art.

The most economical way of obtaining good results is to apply the great, fundamental principles of art; and depend on them for beauty, rather than upon the use of either applied ornament or more expensive materials... much better results are likely to accrue from truth than falsehood, and from architectural [rather] than archaeological methods.

A master in art need not go into the highways and byways for affects; he knows the straight course and follows it.