Henry R. Luce

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

The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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

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

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance…

— Henry R. Luce

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in…

— Henry R. Luce

I urge each of you to think seriously about the vision Dr. Daniel puts forth and think about what you can do…

— Henry R. Luce

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

— 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…

— Henry R. Luce

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

— 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…

— Henry R. Luce

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

— Henry R. Luce

Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of…

— Henry R. Luce