What Is Man? A Miserable Little Pile

The Basic Problem Is That Our Civilization, Which Is A Civilization Of Machines, Can Teach Man Everything Except How To Be A Man.

Since 1789 History Has Had A New Perspective, Revolution Being A Successful Revolt, And Revolt A Revolution That Has Failed.

In Ceasing To Subordinate Creative Power To Any Supreme Value, Modern Art Has Brought Home To Us The Presence Of That Creative Power Throughout The Whole History Of Art.

Just As A Musician Loves Music And Not Nightingales, And A Poet Loves Poetry And Not Sunsets, A Painter Is Not Primarily A Person Who Responds To Figures And Landscapes. He Is Primarily One Who Loves Pictures.

One Cannot Create An Art That Speaks To Men When One Has Nothing To Say.