Havelock EllisThinkers

Albert Einstein is not merely an artist in his moments of leisure and play - as a great statesman may play golf or a great soldier grow orchids. He retains the same attitude in the whole of his work. He traces science to its roots in emotion, which is exactly where art is also rooted.

Autobiography is written by every artist in his works.

Beauty is the child of love.

Charm is the power to effect work without employing brute force.

Civilization is a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

Consumption is human nature — the sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

Crime is merely a name for the most obvious, extreme, and directly dangerous forms of departure from the norm in manners and customs.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is not mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Dancing is the. loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Exploitation is human nature — the sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

Jealousy is that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.