The Struggle With The Past Is Not

The Masses Think That Is Is Easy To Flee From Reality, When It Is The Most Difficult Thing In The World.

Being An Artist Means Ceasing To Take Seriously That Very Serious Person We Are When We Are Not An Artist.

Revolution Is Not The Uprising Against Preexisting Order, But The Setting Up Of A New Order Contradictory To The Traditional One

The History Of The Roman Empire Is Also The History Of The Uprising Of The Empire Of The Masses, Who Absorb And Annul The Directing Minorities And Put Themselves In Their Place. Then, Also, Is Produced The Phenomenon Of Agglomeration, Of "the Full." For That Reason, As Spengler Has Very Well Observed, It Was Necessary, Just As In Our Day, To Construct Enormous Buildings. The Epoch Of The Masses Is The Epoch Of The Colossal.

Civilization Is Nothing More Than The Effort To Reduce The Use Of Force To The Last Resort.