A Civil Servant Doesn't Make Jokes.

The Critic Should Describe, And Not Prescribe.

Mediocrity Is More Dangerous In A Critic Than In A Writer.

An Avant-garde Man Is Like An Enemy Inside A City He Is Bent On Destroying, Against Which He Rebels; For Like Any System Of Government, An Established Form Of Expression Is Also A Form Of Oppression. The Avant-garde Man Is The Opponent Of An Existing System.

When I Was Born, I Was Almost Fourteen Years Old. That's Why I Was Able To Understand More Easily Than Most What It Was All About.

The Supreme Trick Of Mass Insanity Is That It Persuades You That The Only Abnormal Person Is The One Who Refuses To Join In The Madness Of Others, The One Who Tries Vainly To Resist. We Will Never Understand Totalitarianism If We Do Not Understand That People Rarely Have The Strength To Be Uncommon.