The Book, Like The Bicycle, Is A

Writing, At Least A Craft And At Its Best An Art, Aspiring To The Unique, Is The Most Difficult To Learn.

Criticism Will Need An Injection Of Humility That Is, A Recognition Of Its Role As Ancillary To The Arts, Needed Only Occasionally In A Temporary Capacity. Since The Critic Exists Only For Introducing And Explaining, He Must Be Readily Intelligible; He Has No Special Vocabulary: Criticism Is In No Way A Science Or A System.

It Is Always Some Illusion That Creates Disillusion, Especially In The Young, For Whom The Only Alternative To Perfection Is Cynicism.

The Philosophical Implication Of Race-thinking Is That By Offering Us The Mystery Of Heredity As An Explanation, It Diverts Our Attention From The Social And Intellectual Factors That Make Up Personality.

When People Accept Futility And The Absurd As Normal, The Culture Is Decadent.