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. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not. – Carl Van Vechten
The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must. – Carl Van Vechten
There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage. – Carl Van Vechten
