Two hundred years ago the first liberal economist, Adam Smith, warned businessmen that they could absorb only a certain amount of rigidity. In the easy days after World War II... wage rises could be financed out of inflationary price increases. — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“As part of "moral philosophy," the concept of "natural liberty" clicks easily into place. Man, as an ethical integer, is either free to choose between good and bad courses within the limits of his circumstances, or he is not. If he is not free, if he can only accept what is handed to him from above (by fate, or by… — John Chamberlain Copy Share
The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed. — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it. — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction. — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Thus a new way of finding fluidity will inevitably be imposed on management and labor alike. The profit-sharing, or "progress" sharing union contract is… — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I think of my art materials not as junk but as garbage. Manure, actually: it goes from being the waste material of one being… — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it. — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago the first liberal economist, Adam Smith, warned businessmen that they could absorb only a certain amount of rigidity. In the… — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Thou shalt not covet means that it is sinful even to contemplate the seizure of another man's goods - which is something which Socialists,… — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
But now that foreign steel, and foreign cars, are moving into the United States in increased quantities at relatively low prices, the United States… — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it. — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I wasn't interested in car parts per se, I was interested in either the color or the shape or the amount... Just the sheet… — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
