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 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
