For if anything is capable of making a poet of a literary man, it is my hometown love of the human, the living and ordinary.
Joseph CampbellThe modern hero-deed must be that of questing to bring to light again the lost Atlantis of the co-ordinated Soul.
Joseph CampbellOh my God, does art engender humanity? It awakens your humanity. But humanity has nothing to do with political theory. Political theory is in the interests of one group of humanity, or one ideal for humanity. But humanity-my heavens, that's what proper art renders. We have a paradox. Going into the deepest aspects of inner space connects you with something that is the most vital for the outer realm.
Joseph Campbell