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

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

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

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.

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.

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.