Democracy is the art of thinking independently together

Quote by Alexander Meiklejohn

Topics: Art Quotes, Democracy Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Thinking Quotes

Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression...

Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression...

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of...

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as...

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your...

Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...