Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind
Max EastmanDogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. And a tail is an awkward thing to laugh with, as you can see by the way they bend themselves half double in extreme hilarity trying to get that rear-end exuberance forward into the main scene of action. What puts man on a higher stage of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end.
Max EastmanLaughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.
Max EastmanThe real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.
Max EastmanPeople who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.
Max EastmanPatriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't like it.
Max EastmanIf one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.
Max EastmanI don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.
Max EastmanClassic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
Max EastmanA joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.
Max EastmanThere is truth in the high opinion that in so far as a man conforms, he ceases to exist.
Max Eastman