It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled read more

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic read more

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which read more

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.

Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority in the minds of many read more

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority in the minds of many American editors and publishers.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, read more

Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.