The artist has a special task and duty the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.
Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation and without being allowed the preliminary trials the failures and botches that are essential for the training of a mere beginner.
The last step in parental love involves the release of the beloved the willing cutting of the cord that would otherwise keep the child in a state of emotional dependence.
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.
Life is the only art that we are required to practise without preparation and without being allowed the preliminary trials the failures and botches that are essential for the training of a mere beginner.
Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life’s absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.
However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible.
One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.
The earth is the Lord’s fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.
A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.
Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.
The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.