Charles Burchfield, Journals, August 29, 1936

“A man cannot deal in a thing until it is created, and many people think that everything was first made by art. We say that the flying machine was invented by Langley and the Wrights, but we forget the Greek who conceived and wrote the Fable of Icarus. I wonder if Icarus had not been dreamed whether Lindbergh would have ever flown.” (from- ditto)

Also this-
“It is pleasanter to be choked to death with a silver spoon than it is to die of hunger, but the spoon will produce just as complete a death.”

Charles Burchfield, August 29, 1936