“Now, if you saw the Angel of Death in front of oil wells, you’d immediately think of environmental disasters, & so on. . . It shows how expressions & meanings can be manipulated over time.” —A.A. www.nga.gov/artworks/174...

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“The artist and the creative intellectual MUST examine himself and his relation to society as a whole, and by positive assertions and example give the people at large a more satisfactory understanding of the importance of art and the creative spirit.”—A.A.🇺🇸 (8/8)

“The arts, literature, science - the great triumvirate of human progress - are literally on the block, so to speak. Merely castigating the stupid opposition does more harm than good, as it creates more stubborn opposition and determinations to destroy…(7/8)

“Such monstrosities of taste and distortions of fact are accepted by a large docile public as gospel truth. But this docility is an illusion; in the face of a great crisis it may turn suddenly into a great consuming flame, searing the spiritual well-springs of our society… (6/8)

“The advisors F.D.R. gathered around him - usually men of rare mental and imaginative gifts - were caricatured as “longhairs”, nit-wits, and often as *reds*... (5/8)

“It is not good for our civilization that such attacks do not draw forth vigorous protest from large numbers of our people. We have all seen art and intellect ridiculed in comic strips, popular fiction and on the movie screen… (4/8)

“There is no doubt that his pronouncements served to strengthen the already sour opinions of vast numbers of people whose tolerance may be dangerously approaching the breaking point… (3/8)

“Recently a congressman has publicly linked contemporary art with Communism. The stately bluster of congressional authority carries a lot of weight with a lot of people... (2/8)

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