A Single Idea, If It

Some Truths Are Seen Better Through Tears.

It Is Necessary That The Object That The Artist Is Shaping, Whether It Be A Vase Of Clay Or A Fishing Boat, Be Significant Of Something Other Than Itself. This Object Must Be A Sign As Well As An Object; A Meaning Must Animate It, And Make It Say More Than It Is.

Art Is A Creative Effort Of Which The Wellsprings Lie In The Spirit, And Which Brings Us At Once The Most Intimate Self Of The Artist And The Secret Concurrences Which He Has Perceived In Things By Means Of A Vision Or Intuition All His Own, And Not To Be Expressed In Ideas And In Words-expressible Only In The Work Of Art.

With All His Sincerity And Devotion, The Authentic, Absolute Atheist Is After All Only An Abortive Saint, And At The Same Time, A Mistaken Revolutionist.

In Point Of Fact, Western Philosophy Has Never Set Itself Free Of Christianity: Wherever Christianity Did Not Have A Hand In The Construction Of Modern Philosophy It Served Instead As A Stumbling Block.