Men Can Only Be Happy

It Was A Bright Cold Day In April, And The Clocks Were Striking Thirteen.

Several Of Them Would Have Protested If They Could Have Found The Right Arguments.

Take Pleasure In The Impact Of One Sound On Another.

The Artist Is To Be Exempt From The Moral Laws That Are Binding On Ordinary People. Just Pronounce The Magic Word "art," And Everything Is O.k. Rotting Corpses With Snails Crawling Over Them Are O.k.; Kicking Little Girls In The Head Is O.k.; Even A Film Like L'age D'or Is O.k.

To Accept Civilization As It Is Practically Means Accepting Decay.