If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to capitalism, and socialism has, indeed, triumphed in one country.

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

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

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.