It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.

GUIL: A scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear

The hard part is getting to the top of page 1.

Rosencrantz: I don't believe in it anyway. Guildenstern: What? Rosencrantz: England. Guildenstern: Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?

Words, words. They're all we have to go on.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations; for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal; for colonial pickings to buy cheap in and conquered markets to sell dear in. War is capitalism with the gloves off.