... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain.

One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae.

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.

But in action, one defies one's character.

... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.