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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port.
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.
I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose.
Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.
