The Modern Artist, By Nature And Destiny,

We May Be Sure That Out Of The Ruins Of Our Capitalist Civilization A New Religion Will Emerge, Just As Christianity Emerged From The Ruins Of The Roman Civilization.

Great Changes In The Destiny Of Mankind Can Be Effected Only In The Minds Of Little Children.

In History, Stagnant Waters, Whether They Be The Stagnant Waters Of Custom Or Those Of Despotism, Harbour No Life; Life Is Dependent On The Ripples Created By A Few Eccentric Individuals. In Homage To That Life & Vitality, The Community Has To Brave Certain Perils And Must Countenance A Measure Of Heresy. One Must Live Dangerously If One Wants To Live At All.

This Is The Essential Distinction--even Opposition--between The Painting And The Film: The Painting Is Composed Subjectively, Thefilm Objectively. However Highly We Rate The Function Of The Scenario Writer--in Actual Practice It Is Rated Very Low--we Must Recognize That The Film Is Not Transposed Directly And Freely From The Mind By Means Of A Docile Medium Like Paint, But Must Be Cut Piece-meal Out Of The Lumbering Material Of The Actual Visible World.

The Characteristic Political Attitude Of Today Is Not One Of Positive Belief, But Of Despair.