Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

Max Eastman

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Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969) was an American writer on literature, philosophy, and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist. Moving to New York City for graduate school, Eastman became involved with radical circles in Greenwich Village. He supported socialism and became a leading...

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