Carl Van Vechten

A cat is never vulgar.

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five year old.

The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage.

Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness.

The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence.

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.

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.