“Protect art. It is the antidote to the innate barbarism of the human race.”
“The purpose of art is to give the traveling human race an improved map that shows the way to itself. If art isn't for *that*, what is it for?”
“Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.”
“...an acquaintance with the great works of art and thought is the only real insurance against the barbarism of the time.”
“Art is not a sack race.”
“The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. ”