We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
J. B. PriestleyWe must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.
J. B. PriestleyIf there is one thing left that I would like to do, it's to write something really beautiful. And I could do it, you know. I could still do it.
J. B. PriestleyThe world we know at present is in no fit state to take over the dreariest little meteor ... If we have the courage and patience, the energy and skill, to take us voyaging to other planets, then let us use some of these to tidy up and civilize this earth. One world at a time, please.
J. B. Priestley