The slogan offers a counterweight to the general dispersion of thought by holding it fast to a single, utterly succinct and unforgettable expression, one which usually inspires men to immediate action. It abolishes reflection: the slogan does not argue, it asserts and commands.

The content of the ideal is a desire to return to the perfection of an imaginary past.

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience.

In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science.

Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.

History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.

The art of watching has become mere skill at rapid apperception and understanding of continuously changing visual images. The younger generation has acquired this cinematic perception to an amazing degree.