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

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.

These are the sensations and feelings that are gradually blunted by education, staled by custom, rejected in favor of social conformity.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

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.

The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol.