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Max Eastman quotes

American Author January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969

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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "A smile is the universal welcome."
A smile is the universal welcome. Max Eastman
It seems obvious to me now? though I have been slow, I must say, in coming to the conclusion? that the institution of private property is one of the main things that have given man that limited amount of free-and-equalness that Marx hoped to render infinite by abolishing this institution. Strangely enough Marx was the first to see this. He is the one who informed us, looking backwards, that the evolution of private capitalism with its free market had been a precondition for the evolution of... Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art..."
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of..."
The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. Max Eastman
A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go. Max Eastman
I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is..."
Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully."
Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails."
Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down..."
Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society..."
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself..."
A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves..."
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. Max Eastman
Max Eastman quote: "A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a..."
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. Max Eastman

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