Is There No End To This Escalation

A Seventeenth-century Painting Can Be "modern" Because The Living Eye Finds It Fresh And New. A "modern" Painting Can Be Outdated Because It Was A Product Of The Moment And Not Of Time.

The Sign Of An Intelligent People Is Their Ability To Control Their Emotions By The Application Of Reason.

Hoary Idea, In Any Case, Expecting A Woman To Surrender Her Name To Her Husband's In Exchange For His. Why? Would Any Man Submerge His Identity And Heritage To The Woman He Wed?

Nobody Objects To A Woman Being A Good Writer Or Sculptor Or Geneticist If At The Same Time She Manages To Be A Good Wife, A Good Mother, Good-looking, Good-tempered, Well-dressed, Well-groomed, And Unaggressive.

A Musical Audience Is At Best Uninspiring, At Worst Definitely Drab. ... Respectability Hangs Like A Pall Over The Orchestra And The Boxes; A Sort Of Sterile Sobriety Ill-fitted To The Passionate Geometry Of Music.