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Jacques Barzun Quotes

Jacques Barzun quotes

American Educator November 30, 1907 – October 25, 2012

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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 Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming..."
I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The test and the use of man's education is that he finds..."
The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Jacques Barzun
By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "no subject of study is more important than reading…all other..."
no subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it. Jacques Barzun
Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better..."
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost..."
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun
We hear them continually on TV: hence they occur first when it is our turn to talk. In this regard, talk may be said to be the enemy of writing. If you observe yourself when on the point of writing that the word rising spontaneously to your mind is not the hard, clear words of a lover of plain speech, but this mush of counterfeits and cliches. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form."
The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning..."
Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "I have always been - I think any student of history almost..."
I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is..."
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's..."
The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business..."
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. Jacques Barzun

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