We Cannot Unthink Unless We Are Insane.

The Thing Represented Had To Pass Through Two Distorting Lenses: The Artist's Mind, And His Medium Of Expression, Before It Emerged As A Man-made Dream - The Two, Of Course, Being Intimately Connected And Interacting With Each Other.

The 'gallows' Are Not Only A Symbol Of Death, But Also A Symbol Of Cruelty, Terror And Irreverence For Life; The Common Denominator Of Primitive Savagery, Medieval Fanaticism And Modern Totalitarianism.

When Reality Becomes Unbearable, The Mind Must Withdraw From It And Create A World Of Artificial Perfection. Plato's World Of Pure Ideas And Forms, Which Alone Is To Be Considered As Real, Whereas The World Of Nature Which We Perceive Is Merely Its Cheap Woolworth Copy, Is A Flight Into Delusion.

Snobbery Is Not Merely A Silly Human Weakness But Something Basic In The Mentality Of Modern Man-a Symptom Which Reflects The General Sickness, The Dislocation Of Social And Cultural Values In Contemporary Civilization.

In The Course Of The Last Century Science Has Become So Dizzy With Its Successes, That It Has Forgotten To Ask The Pertinent Questions- Or Refused To Ask Them Under The Pretext That They Are Meaningless, And In Any Case Not The Scientists Concern.