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.

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

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.

An entertainment is something which distracts us or diverts us from the routine of daily life. It makes us for the time being forget our cares and worries; it interrupts our conscious thoughts and habits, rests our nerves and minds, though it may incidentally exhaust our bodies. Art, on the other hand, though it may divert us from the normal routine of our existence, causes us in some way or other to become conscious of that existence.

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.