All Art Is A Revolt Against Man's

Every Great Masterpiece Is A Purification Of The World.

An Individualism Which Has Got Beyond The Stage Of Hedonism Tends To Yield To The Lure Of The Grandiose. It Was Not Man, The Individual, Nor Even The Supreme Being, That Robespierre Set Up Against Christ; It Was That Leviathan, The Nation.

If Modern Painters Feel Qualms About Applying The Term "masterpiece" To Describe A Work Of Capital Importance, This Is Because It Has Come To Convey A Notion Of Perfection: A Notion That Leads To Much Confusion When Applied To Artists Other Than Those Who Made Perfection Their Ideal.

The Mind Supplies The Idea Of A Nation, But What Gives This Idea Its Sentimental Force Is A Community Of Dreams.

If We Cannot Shape Our Destiny There As No Such Thing As Witchcraft.