“It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.”
“The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.”
“An artist is someone who makes art;only artist can create a work of art.”
“Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work" itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised by his creations, often beyond recognition; the "work," whether of the artist or the philosopher, invents the man who has created it, who is supposed to have create it; "great men," as they are venerated, are subsequent pieces of wretched minor fiction”
“Now I'm all messed up sick inside wondering who's life your making worth while.”
“Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.”