“To the experienced these new "isms" are but aspects of a general and unrestrained reaction toward realism.”

Seeing fashionable schools as part of a broader realist reaction · Preface, Trails Sunward (1917)

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“What is surprising is that so many fail to see that the measure of our artistic sincerity and intelligence is not determined by revolt alone, but by the things to which we revolt—and by what we are willing to destroy.”

Arguing that rebellion must be judged by what it rejects and destroys · Preface, Shadowy Thresholds (1919)

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“This is like asking that a definition of gold should contain the name of the acid that detects its pureness.”

Showing why a definition cannot by itself certify artistic quality · Preface, Shadowy Thresholds (1919)

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