The Susceptibility Of The Average Modern To

One Does Not Realize The Historical Sensation As A Re-experiencing, But As An Understanding That Is Closely Related To The Understanding Of Music, Or Rather Of The World By Means Of Music.

Play Is A Uniquely Adaptive Act, Not Subordinate To Some Other Adaptive Act, But With A Special Function Of Its Own In Human Experience.

A Superstition Which Pretends To Be Scientific Creates A Much Greater Confusion Of Thought Than One Which Contents Itself With Simple Popular Practices.

The Art Of Watching Has Become Mere Skill At Rapid Apperception And Understanding Of Continuously Changing Visual Images. The Younger Generation Has Acquired This Cinematic Perception To An Amazing Degree.

We Are Living In A Demented World. And We Know It. It Would Not Come As A Surprise To Anyone If Tomorrow The Madness Gave Way To Afrenzy Which Would Leave Our Poor Europe In A State Of Distracted Stupor, With Engines Still Turning And Flags Streaming In The Breeze, But With The Spirit Gone.