Some People Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them.

Creativity Requires The Freedom To Consider Unthinkable Alternatives, To Doubt The Worth Of Cherished Practices.

Some People Strengthen The Society Just By Being The Kind Of People They Are.

In The Artist's Recreation Of The World We Are Enabled To See The World.

More And More Americans Feel Threatened By Runaway Technology, By Large-scale Organization, By Overcrowding. More And More Americans Are Appalled By The Ravages Of Industrial Progress, By The Defacement Of Nature, By Man-made Ugliness. If Our Society Continues At Its Present Rate To Become Less Livable As It Becomes More Affluent, We Promise All To End Up In Sumptuous Misery.

Josh Billings Said, It Is Not Only The Most Difficult Thing To Know Oneself, But The Most Inconvenient One, Too. Human Beings Have Always Employed An Enormous Variety Of Clever Devices For Running Away From Themselves, And The Modern World Is Particularly Rich In Such Stratagems.