“The diseased pride [of artistic individualists] was not even conscious of a public interest, and would have found all political terms utterly tasteless and insignificant. It was no longer a question of one man one vote, but of one man one universe.” MenPoliticalUniverseFoundTermInterestPrideConsciousVoteIndividualityArtisticOne ManInsignificantPublic InterestDiseased Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The secret of artistic creation and the effectiveness of art is to be found in a return to the state of 'participation mystique' - to that level of experience at which it is man who lives, and not the individual.” MenArtStatesFoundIndividualLevelsSecretCreationReturnArt IsArtisticParticipationEffectivenessMystiqueArtistic Creation Book:Modern Man in Search of a Soul Source: Modern Man in Search of a Soul
“LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia.” MenHumansHas BeensTwoNamesSupportPiecesSonSkillsScriptureEnormousArtisticPriestsOld ManMasteryFoldsBrutesDiligenceRepresentingIllustrationSerpentInertiaLadAntiquesHuman Intelligence Book:The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition