American Progress Quotes

“Hey! Pal! How do I get to town from
here?
And he ssid: Well, just take a right
where they're gonna build that new
shopping mall,
go straight past where they're gonna
put in the freeway,
take a left at what's gonna be the new
sports center,
and keep going until you hit the place
where they´re thiinking of
building that drive-in bank. You can't
miss it.
And I said: This must be the place.”
― Laurie Anderson , United States Reprint edition by Anderson, Laurie (1984) Paperback

“Hey! Pal! How do I get to town from
here?
And he said: Well, just take a right
where they're gonna build that new
shopping mall,
go straight past where they're gonna
put in the freeway,
take a left at what's gonna be the new
sports center,
and keep going until you hit the place
where they´re thinking of
building that drive-in bank. You can't
miss it.
And I said: This must be the place.”
― Laurie Anderson , United States Reprint edition by Anderson, Laurie (1984) Paperback

“The painting that took up all of my thoughts is called American Progress, by John Gast, and represents the idea of Manifest Destiny. I spend a lot of time thinking about that idea, and can only say that if this country’s Destiny is Manifest, then it is a festering sort of Destiny, and no God worthy of the name would ever ordain such a manifestly corrupt and evil scheme.”
― Lloyd Mullins, A Rare and Dangerous Beast