In socialism, private property is anathema, and equal distribution of income the first consideration. In capitalism, private property is cardinal, and distribution left to ensue from the play of free contract and selfish interest on that basis, no matter what anomalies it may present.
More Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.