To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.

I don't think it's possible to write a good play or paint a good picture and be a good Republican.

No man is a Christian who cheats his fellows, perverts the truth, or speaks of a "clean bomb" yet he will be the first to make public his faith in God.

It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.

A seventeenth-century painting can be "modern" because the living eye finds it fresh and new. A "modern" painting can be outdated because it was a product of the moment and not of time.