One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them.
Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up IdealistsAs long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.
Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up IdealistsA folktale without a moral is merely a whimsy.
Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1981-2011, With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes, and Miscellany