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Other U.S. critics may have made as high demands on the theater, but none has ever matched the bright, Nathanic blend of impudence and intellect, rapture and irreverence. "Art," he held, "is a beautiful, swollen lie; criticism, a cold compress." While he derided "soapbox philosophers" and "commercial uplifters," Critic Nathan preached, cajoled and bullied to carve out a niche for Eugene O'Neill, the first U.S. dramatist to achieve worldwide renown. He worked as hard to popularize such famed European playwrights as Sean O'Casey, Ferenc Molnar, and Luigi Pirandello. Says the New York Times's Drama...
...overvalue or undervalue your opponent's intellect. Identify yourself with his cunning...
...very heartening to read [March 3] that Tennessee Williams is taking psychoanalytic treatment, but judging from the first excited oversimplifications, such as "Evil is merely a sickness-a psychic distortion," there are many tinny rationalizations prancing around on the roof of Mr. Williams' intellect which need to be separated from the psychic cats before the doctor's fat fee can be tabulated...
...although he did not doubt that the U.S. would meet the challenges of missiles and satellites, he thought that the real solution lay in "a true revival of learning . . . We should reform our basic ideas about elementary and secondary education. We must emphasize the rigorous training of the intellect rather than the gentle cultivation of the personality, which has been so popular in recent years . . . Courses in life adjustment and coed cooking will...
...Gray Board decision left a bad taste in the mouths of many scientists who at the time considered working for the government. When professional competence, unchallenged loyalty, and a vigorous and uncompromising intellect become irrelevant in assessing a scientist's right to work for the government, valuable talent will be scarce...