Carl Van Vechten Quotes About Cats

• As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Inspiration, Writing, Cat

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.279, Courier Corporation

• The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Men, Remember

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.2, Courier Corporation

• The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, People, Imagination

• ...with a cat you stand on much the same footing that you stand with a fine and dignified friend; if you forfeit his respect and confidence the relationship suffers. The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Men, Suffering

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.2, Courier Corporation

• The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Mean, Cat, Animal

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.28, Courier Corporation

• Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, World, Virtue

• Catnip is vodka and whisky to most cats.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Vodka, Whisky

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.17, Courier Corporation

• The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Animal, Rights

• One meets the cat in nearly all forms of art...curiously enough she is not a conspicuous figure in Roman or Greek art.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Art, Cat, Greek

• Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Mistake, Cat, Making Mistakes

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.30, Courier Corporation

• A cat is never vulgar.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Vulgar

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.177, Courier Corporation

• Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Gnosis, Degrees

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.3, Courier Corporation

• Note 4. For these and other reasons the cat is also very hard to photograph. The best photographs are instantaneous, as the mere breathing of a cat will blur the fur in a time exposure.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Breathing, Fur

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