The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The thought of what America would be like If the Classics had a wide circulation Troubles my sleep (Cantico del Sole)

The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.

The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.

Religion I have defined as "Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art".

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.