What Counts Is The Cultural Level

When Two Men In Business Always Agree, One Of Them Is Unnecessary.

One Discards Rhyme, Not Because One Is Incapable Of Rhyming Neat, Fleet, Sweet, Meet, Treat, Eat, Feet But Because There Are Certain Emotions Or Energies Which Are Nor Represented By The Over-familiar Devices Or Patterns.

Any General Statement Is Like A Check Drawn On A Bank. Its Value Depends On What Is There To Meet It.

I Should Consent To Breed Under Pressure, If I Were Convinced In Any Way Of The Reasonableness Of Reproducing The Species. But My Nerves And The Nerves Of Any Woman I Could Live With Three Months, Would Produce Only A Victim... Lacking In Impulse, A Mere Bundle Of Discriminations. If I Were Wealthy I Might Subsidize A Stud Of Young Peasants, Or A Tribal Group In Tahiti.

Religion I Have Defined As "another Of Those Numerous Failures Resulting From An Attempt To Popularize Art".