Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.

It has been petrified into a slavery of thought and sentiment, as intolerant superiority on the part of the few and an intolerable burden on the part of the many.

If a person cannot foresee the consequences of his act, and is not capable of understanding what he is told about its outcome by those with more experience, it is impossible for him to guide his act intelligently. In such a state, every act is alike to him.

The empiric easily degenerates into the quack. He does not know where his knowledge begins or leaves off, and so when he gets beyond routine conditions he begins to pretend-to make claims for which there is no justification, and to trust to luck and to ability to impose upon others-to "bluff."

If the eye is constantly greeted by harmonious objects, having elegance of form and color, a standard of taste naturally grows up.

To savages it would seem preposterous to seek out a place where nothing but learning was going on in order that one might learn.

Within even the most social group there are many relations that are not as yet social.