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Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883March 25, 1969) was a leftist American writer, later famous as an anti-leftist. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Eastman, Max.

"Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind."

Eastman, Max on Emotions
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"A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go."

Eastman, Max on Fun
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"Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together."

Eastman, Max on Laughter
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"A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke."

Eastman, Max on Poetry and Poets
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"The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness."

Eastman, Max on Arts and Artists
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