The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.

Quote by Harold Rosenberg

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No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find...

No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find...

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself.

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself.

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come...

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come...

America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars...

America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars...

What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out...

What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out...

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art,...

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art,...

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern...

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been...

Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been...

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to...

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will...

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will...

Like Marxism, Thatcherism is, in fact, riddled with contradictions. Mrs. Thatcher, on the other hand,...

Like Marxism, Thatcherism is, in fact, riddled with contradictions. Mrs. Thatcher, on the other hand,...

Relationships are so much like the United States - they only really thrive when faced...

Relationships are so much like the United States - they only really thrive when faced...

Nobody sees people as people. It's all how they relate to my little group.

Nobody sees people as people. It's all how they relate to my little group.

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

A week is a long time in politics.

A week is a long time in politics.

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.