In The Evolution Of Mankind

The Fundamental Purpose Of The Artist Is The Same As That Of A Scientist: To State A Fact.

In A Sense, Every Tool Is A Machine--the Hammer, The Ax, And The Chisel. And Every Machine Is A Tool. The Real Distinction Is Between One Man Using A Tool With His Hands And Producing An Object That Shows At Every Stage The Direction Of His Will And The Impression Of His Personality; And A Machine Which Is Producing, Without The Intervention Of A Particular Man, Objects Of A Uniformity And Precision That Show No Individual Variation And Have No Personal Charm. The Problem Is To Decide Whether The Objects Of Machine Production Can Possess The Essential Qualities Of Art.

Progress Is Measured By The Degree Of Differentiation Within A Society.

These Groups Within A Society Can He Distinguished According As To Whether, Like An Army Or An Orchestra, They Function As A Single Body; Or Whether They Are United Merely To Defend Their Common Interests And Otherwise Function As Separate Individuals.

Poetry Is Creative Expression; Prose Is Constructive Expression... By Creative I Mean Original. In Poetry The Words Are Born Or Reborn In The Act Of Thinking... There Is No Time Interval Between The Words And The Thought When A Real Poet Writes, Both Of Them Happen Together, And Both The Thought And The Word Are Poetry.