Artists Never Make Wars. They

[the Sea] Is The Healer And The Reviver, It Cleanses The Cavities Of Self-disgust And Melancholy, Of Sloth And Negation With The Salt Solution Of Life. It Cures The Lethargies Of Flesh And Spirit With The Slap And Shake Of Elemental Force. It Cradles And Comforts. Give It Trust And It Holds You Secure; Fight It And It Kills.

Human Progress Had So Often Been Checked By Those Who Were Afraid Of Losing What They Had.

Slowly The Wasters And Despoilers Are Impoverishing Our Land, Our Nature, And Our Beauty, So That There Will Not Be One Beach, One Hill, One Lane, One Meadow, One Forest Free From The Debris Of Man And The Stigma Of His Improvidence.

Surely The Hold Of Great Music On The Listener Is Precisely This: That The Listener Is Made Whole; And At The Same Time Part Of An Image Of Infinite Grace And Grandeur Which Is Creation.

You Mix The Affluence Of The White And The Poverty Of The Black And You Do Not Get A Civilized Society. Integration On An Equal Level Is One Thing. Mixing On An Unequal Level Is Another.