The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke

Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.

The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

Patriotism 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.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.