No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art its own categories of appreciation, makes its own demands upon art, and has its own uses for art.
T. S. EliotWhat we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
T. S. EliotBefore a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.
T. S. EliotWe are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well as public destruction, is leading both to the deformation of humanity by unregulated industrialism, and to the exhaustion of natural resources, and that a good deal of our material progress is a progress for which succeeding generations may have to pay dearly.
T. S. Eliot