Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers.

- Henry R. Luce

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

- Henry R. Luce

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

- Henry R. Luce

I am all for titillating trivialities. I am all for the epic touch. I could almost say that everything in Time, should be either titillating or epic …

- Henry R. Luce

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.

- Henry R. Luce

To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life.

- Henry R. Luce

It's easier to teach a poet how to read a balance sheet than it is to teach an accountant how to write.

- Henry R. Luce

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much l…

- Henry R. Luce

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.

- Henry R. Luce