“All efforts to make politics aesthetic culminate in one thing, war.”
“[T]he more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity.”
“Even the aesthetic activities of political opposites are one in their enthusiastic obedience to the rhythm of the iron system.”
“In the life of the individual, an aesthetic sensibility is both more authentic and more commendable than a political or religious one.”
“Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.”
“Aesthetics have substantial political consequences. How one views oneself as beautiful or not beautiful or desirable or not desirable has deep consequences in terms of one’s feelings of self-worth and one’s capacity to be a political agent.”