The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
Rebecca WestHere lies the real terror in the international war of ideologies; that a city knows not whom it entertains.
Rebecca WestArt and propaganda have this much connection, that if a propaganda makes art impossible, it is clearly damned.
Rebecca WestFor the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.
Rebecca West