The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art's sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art. Upton Sinclair More Quotes by Upton Sinclair More Quotes From Upton Sinclair But the devil is a subtle worm; he does not give up at one defeat, for he knows human nature, and the strength of the forces which battle for him. Upton Sinclair devil giving-up battle The first thing brought forth by the study of any religion, ancient or modern, is that it is based upon Fear, born of it, fed by it — and that it cultivates the source from which its nourishment is derived. Upton Sinclair ancient study firsts It is the music which makes it what it is; it is the music which changes the place from the rear room of a saloon in back of the yards to a fairy place, a wonderland, a little comer of the high mansions of the sky. Upton Sinclair wonderland yards sky I am sustained by a sense of the worthwhileness of what I am doing; a trust in the good faith of the process which created and sustains me. That process I call God. Upton Sinclair good-faith process It was cold and clammy in the stone cell; they called it the "cooler," and used it to reduce the temperature of the violent and intractable. It was a trouble-saving device; they just left the man there and forgot him, and his own tormented mind did the rest. Upton Sinclair cells mind men There are a score of great religions in the world, each with scores or hundreds of sects, each with its priestly orders, its complicated creed and ritual, its heavens and hells. Each has its thousands or millions or hundreds of millions of true believers each damns all the others with more or less heartiness - and each is a mighty fortress of graft. Upton Sinclair heaven order religion Wall Street had been doing business with pieces of paper; and now someone asked for a dollar, and it was discovered that the dollar had been mislaid. Upton Sinclair dollars wall pieces They use everything about the hog except the squeal. Upton Sinclair squealing hog use So the laws of good driving forbade you to go off the magic ribbon except in extreme emergencies. You were ethically entitled to several inches of margin at the right-hand edge; and the man approaching you was entitled to an equal number of inches; which left a remainder of inches between the two projectiles as they shot by. It sounds risky as one tells it, but the heavens are run on the basis of similar calculations, and while collisions do happen, they leave time enough in between for universes to be formed, and successful careers conducted by men of affairs. Upton Sinclair successful running men The old wanderlust had gotten into his blood, the joy of the unbound life, the joy of seeking, of hoping without limit. Upton Sinclair limits joy blood An event of colossal and overwhelming significance may happen all at once, but the words which describe it have to come one by one in a long chain. Upton Sinclair events may long In the twilight, it was a vision of power. Upton Sinclair vision chicago twilight It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it. Upton Sinclair
