8 Quotes & Sayings By Max Eastman

Max Eastman was a writer, editor, and publisher. He founded New York's Village Voice in 1955, and was its editor from 1955 until his death in 1997. In the Village Voice, he wrote essays on political and social issues, as well as articles about art and contemporary literature. He filed a series of articles that drew attention to the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia Read more

He pleaded for international intervention in Cambodia after being denied permission to visit the country by the government of Pol Pot.

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A smile is the universal welcome. Max Eastman
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Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. Max Eastman
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Laughter puts your brain your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play. Max Eastman
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Dogs laugh but they laugh with their tails. Max Eastman
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It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. Max Eastman
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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. Max Eastman
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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. Max Eastman