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The Crucial Discovery Was Made That, In Order To Become Painting, The Universe Seen By The Artist Had To Become A Private One Created By Himself.

Our Characteristic Response To The Mutilated Statue, The Bronze Dug Up From The Earth, Is Revealing. It Is Not That We Prefer Time-worn Bas-reliefs, Or Rusted Statuettes As Such, Nor Is It The Vestiges Of Death That Grip Us In Them, But Those Of Life. Mutilation Is The Scar Left By The Struggle With Time, And A Reminder Of It - Time Which Is As Much A Part Of Ancient Works Of Art As The Material They Are Made Of, And Thrusts Up Through The Fissures, From A Dark Underworld, Where All Is At Once Chaos And Determinism.

The Only Domain Where The Divine Is Visible Is That Of Art, Whatever Name We Choose To Call It.

In The Course Of History, All Empires Have Been Created With Premeditation, By An Effort Often Sustained Over Several Generations. Every Power Has Been Roman To A Degree. The United States Is The First Nation To Become The Most Powerful In The World Without Having Sought To Be So. Its Exceptional Energy And Organization Have Never Been Oriented Toward Conquest.

Between Eigtheen And Twenty, Life Is Like An Exchange Where One Buys Stocks, Not With Money, But With Actions. Most Men Buy Nothing.