Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The Poet," Essays, Second Series, 1844
There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream. – Archibald MacLeish
There is in fact no such thing as art for arts sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause. – Mao Zedong
Whats natural and right is to go with the energy of how it all has to work together. Whats natural and right is interconnectedness, not individualism. What is natural and right is respect for the system, not killing the system. Whats natural and right is love. – Susan Powter