All Max Eastman Quotes
- Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. Art
- The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force. Any
- The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. Artist
- Patriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't like… Facts
- Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Best
- A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke Divine
- Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind All
- I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie… Down
- The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. Brain
- A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything. Able
- There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. Conscious
- A smile is the universal welcome. Happiness
- A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal,… All
- People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. Any
- Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest. Benchley
- It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. Ability
- Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. Dog
- Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on… Dog
- Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. Humor
- Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. Chief
- It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. Art
- History is not an escalator. Escalator