The Institutional Scene In Which American Man

It Is Very Unlikely That The Computer Will Displace The Books, Except In Areas Where We Need Information Speedily.

What Is More Natural In A Democratic Age Than That We Should Begin To Measure The Stature Of A Work Of Art-especially Of A Painting-by How Widely And How Well It Is Reproduced?

The Hero Was Distinguished By His Achievement; The Celebrity By His Image Or Trademark. The Hero Created Himself; The Celebrity Is Created By The Media. The Hero Was A Big Man; The Celebrity Is A Big Name.

Our Discontent Begins By Finding False Villains Whom We Can Accuse Of Deceiving Us. Next We Find False Heroes Whom We Expect To Liberate Us. The Hardest, Most Discomfiting Discovery Is That Each Of Us Must Emancipate Himself.

Best-sellerism Is The Star System Of The Book World. A "best Seller" Is A Celebrity Among Books. It Is A Book Known Primarily (sometimes Exclusively) For Its Well-knownness.