36 ordspråk av Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth
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A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth
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A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth
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An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can
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Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.
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Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice
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Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice
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Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made
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Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life,
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
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If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age
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If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real
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