Author: Max Eastman

Quotes

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

- Max Eastman

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

- Max Eastman

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

- Max Eastman

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

- Max Eastman

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

- Max Eastman

A smile is the universal welcome.

A smile is the universal welcome.

- Max Eastman

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

- Max Eastman

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

- Max Eastman

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