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Dilettantes Quotes

Leon Wieseltier quote: "Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid."
Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid. Leon Wieseltier
Do you know what it is to play a part? To split your personality deliberately for twenty-four hours a day? Even when with friends? Even when alone, so that you will never forget inadvertently? To be a dilettante? To be eternally amused? To be of no account? To be so effete and faintly ridiculous that you have convinced all who know you of your own worthlessness? All so that your life may be safe even though it means it has become barely worth living. But even so, once in a while I... Isaac Asimov
It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. I bet this kind of thing does not happen to heroin addicts. I bet that when serious heroin addicts go to purchase their heroin, they do not tolerate waiting in line while some dilettante in front of them orders a hazelnut smack-a-cino with cinnamon sprinkles. Dave Barry
Max Weber quote: "The purely emotional form of Pietism is, as Ritschl has..."
The purely emotional form of Pietism is, as Ritschl has pointed out, a religious dilettantism for the leisure class. Max Weber
Vernor Vinge quote: "Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne..."
Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne had teased. Vernor Vinge
Our sense of duty must often wait for some work which shall take the place of dilettanteism and make us feel that the quality of our action is not a matter of indifference. George Eliot
Theophile Gautier quote: "The cat is a dilettante in fur."
The cat is a dilettante in fur. Theophile Gautier
Hans Hofmann quote: "To worship the product and ignore its development leads to..."
To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction. Hans Hofmann
Thomas Wilson quote: "I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and..."
I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts. Thomas Wilson
George V. Higgins quote: "Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist."
Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist. George V. Higgins
Anna Julia Cooper quote: "Life must be something more than dilettante speculation."
Life must be something more than dilettante speculation. Anna Julia Cooper

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