It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the...

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the...

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do...

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do...

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such...

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such...

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper...

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper...

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of...

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of...

It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as...

It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as...

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage...

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage...

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop...

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop...

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely...

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely...

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics...

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics...

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural...

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural...

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above...

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above...

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new...

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new...

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army...

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army...

Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...

Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...