"Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." ― John Kenneth Galbraith Topic(s): Art More From John Kenneth Galbraith "It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state." "Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all." "Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything." More In Art "Photography is a major force in explaining man to man."― Edward Steichen "To this day, I hate walnuts and I hate onions because on weekends when the walnuts and onions were in season, we were out there first thing in the morning and out there until the sun went down topping onions or picking walnuts."― Scott Brooks "Where thou art, that is home."― Emily Dickinson