The Slave May Be Happy,

Art Is Not And Never Has Been Subordinate To Moral Values. Moral Values Are Social Values; Aesthetic Values Are Human Values. Morality Seeks To Restrain The Feelings; Art Seeks To Define Them By Externalizing Them, By Giving Them Significant Form. Morality Has Only One Aim - The Ideal Good; Art Has Quite Another Aim - The Objective Truth... Art Never Changes.

The Modern Work Of Art, As I Have Said, Is A Symbol.

Art Is Always The Index Of Social Vitality, The Moving Finger That Records The Destiny Of A Civilization. A Wise Statesman Should Keep An Anxious Eye On This Graph, For It Is More Significant Than A Decline In Exports Or A Fall In The Value Of A Nation's Currency.

The Farther A Society Progresses, The More Clearly The Individual Becomes The Antithesis Of The Group.

That Is Why I Believe That Art Is So Much More Significant Than Either Economics Or Philosophy. It Is The Direct Measure Of Man's Spiritual Vision.