Quotes on Staples

Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.

He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.