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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness. — Carl Van Vechten Copy Share Image
Is a little experience too much to pay for learning to know oneself? — Carl Van Vechten Copy Share Image
There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage. — Carl Van Vechten Copy Share Image
The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence. — Carl Van Vechten Copy Share Image
There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It… — Carl Van Vechten Copy Share Image
Note 4. For these and other reasons the cat is also very hard to photograph. The best photographs are instantaneous, as the mere breathing… — Carl Van Vechten Copy Share Image
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.… — Carl Van Vechten Copy Share Image
