Jacques Barzun Quotes
Jacques Barzun Quotes
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An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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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. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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In any assembly the simplest way to stop the transacting of business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principal. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun
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Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams. Jacques-BarzunJacques Barzun