Quote For The Day II

"This age needs rather men like Shakespeare, or Milton, or Pope; menwho are filled with the strength of their cultures and do not transcendthe limits of their age, but, working within the times, bring what ispeculiar to the moment to glory. We need great artists who are willingto accept restrictions, and who love their environments with suchvitality that they can produce an epic out of the Protestant ethic ... Whatever the many failingsof my work, let it stand as a manifesto of my love...