A 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 EastmanClassic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
Max EastmanPeople who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.
Max Eastman