34 Quotes by Max Eastman

A smile is the universal welcome.

History is not an escalator.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

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.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.