Music is essentially useless, as is life. – George Santayana
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana

Music is essentially useless, as is life. – George Santayana
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. – George Santayana
The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. – George Santayana