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George Steiner quotes

American Critic April 23, 1929

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George Steiner quote: "The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite..."
The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light. George Steiner
George Steiner quote: "The age of the book is almost gone."
The age of the book is almost gone. George Steiner
George Steiner quote: "when a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies..."
when a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world. George Steiner
George Steiner quote: "Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent."
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent. George Steiner
The fantastically wasteful prodigality of human tongues, the Babel enigman, points to a vital multiplication of mortal liberties. Each language speaks the world in its own ways. Each edifies worlds and counter-worlds in its own mode. The polyglot is a freer man. George Steiner
The dramatic arises out of the margin of opaqueness between a writer and his personages, out of the potential for the unexpected. In the full dramatic character lurks the unforeseen possibility, the gift of disorder. George Steiner
George Steiner quote: "The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit..."
The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion. George Steiner
No phonetic sign, except at a rudimentary, strictly speaking pre-linguistic level of vocal imitation, has any substantive relation or contiguity to that which it is conventionally and temporally held to designate. George Steiner
George Steiner quote: "There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by..."
There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness. George Steiner
The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform. George Steiner
George Steiner quote: "The whispers of shared ecstasy are choral."
The whispers of shared ecstasy are choral. George Steiner
George Steiner quote: "The symmetries of immanence are cruel."
The symmetries of immanence are cruel. George Steiner

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