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Jacques Barzun Quotes

Jacques Barzun quotes

American Educator November 30, 1907 – October 25, 2012

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It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy."
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. Jacques Barzun
The root difficulty in all cases was the state of being blind and deaf to words-- not seeing the words for the prose. Being adults, they had forgotten what every child understands, which is giving and taking a meaning is not automatic and inevitable Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and..."
The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical,..."
Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship..."
Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to..."
An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "You never step in the same river of thought twice, because..."
You never step in the same river of thought twice, because neither you nor it are the same. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only..."
Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise..."
If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. Jacques Barzun
After being boxed in by man and his constructions in Europe and the East, the release into space is exhilarating. The horizon is a huge remote circle, and no hills intervene. Jacques Barzun
Varese, Apollinaire, Ezra Pound, Leger, Gleizes, Severini, Villon, Duchamp, Duchamp-Villon, Marie Laurencin, Cocteau and many others were to me household names in the literal sense - names of familiar figures around the house. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that..."
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers. Jacques Barzun
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 Barzun
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth. Jacques Barzun

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