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

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

- Henry R. Luce

To see life. To see the world. To watch the faces of the poor, and the gestures of the proud. To see strange things. Machines, armies, multitudes, an…

- 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

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

- 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 suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practice…

- Henry R. Luce

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

- Henry R. Luce