Carl Van Vechten Quotes

• 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

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• There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It is the irony of life that neither is gratified.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Two, Long, People

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• 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

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• ...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

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• 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

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• Is a little experience too much to pay for learning to know oneself?

  Carl Van Vechten

  Littles, Pay, Too Much

  Carl Van Vechten (1922). “Peter Whiffle: His Life and Works”

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

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, People, Imagination

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• A thing of beauty is a boy forever.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Boys, Forever

  Carl Van Vechten (1920). “Interpreters”

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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• I've photographed everybody from Matisse to Isamu Noguchi.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Matisse

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• Paris is not a city I should care to approach for the first time after I had passed forty.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cities, Paris, Care

  Carl Van Vechten (1922). “Peter Whiffle: His Life and Works”

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• A cat is never vulgar.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Vulgar

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

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

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, World, Virtue

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• 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

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• 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

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