“Ohio. It is the farthest west of the east, and the farthest east of the west, the farthest north of the south and the farthest south of the north … Ohio is the apotheosis of Americanism. The Mid-West begins with Indiana, the East with Pennsylvania, the South with Kentucky, and surrounded by these sits Ohio, one of the richest spots on earth. Its contribution to music, art, literature, and the theatre is far greater than any two states in the nation.”
—Louis Bromfield