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We have all in some degree become anarchistic.


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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.

We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.



Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.



Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.



Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.



The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.

The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.



What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.

What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.



It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.



Unless we insist that politics is imagination and mind, we will learn that imagination and mind are politics, and of a kind we will not like.

Unless we insist that politics is imagination and mind, we will learn that imagination and mind are politics, and of a kind we will not like.



It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.

It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.



The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals.

The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals.





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