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"I blame civilization. People have utterly no conception of what the mind can do."
"I blame civilization. People have utterly no conception of what the mind can do."

"I blame civilization. People have utterly no conception of what the mind can do."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1932
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 16 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (41.3 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (41.3 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1871
"Mind if I ask just what you intend to do with it?"
"Mind if I ask just what you intend to do with it?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"From this floor, you'll have a splendid view of the collapse of civilization - if and when."
"From this floor, you'll have a splendid view of the collapse of civilization - if and when."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"What do you suppose can be keeping that damned pigeon?"
"What do you suppose can be keeping that damned pigeon?"
Alan Dunn
1941
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"
"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"And what do we get?The trouble with people like us, Jethro, is that we don't demonstrate."
"And what do we get?The trouble with people like us, Jethro, is that we don't demonstrate."
Alan Dunn
1967
"It's a book on etiquette.", "You might look up what people of our position do [pub - "about spaghetti"] in case of fire."
"It's a book on etiquette.", "You might look up what people of our position do [pub - "about spaghetti"] in case of fire."
Alan Dunn
1928
“By the way, Smith, do you mind if I give you a little tip?”
“By the way, Smith, do you mind if I give you a little tip?”
Alan Dunn
1943
“By the way, Smith, do you mind if I give you a little tip?”
“By the way, Smith, do you mind if I give you a little tip?”
Alan Dunn
1943