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Polemic Quotes

I want to find a way of speaking to fellow human beings that will be cool rather than heated, philosophical rather than polemical, that will bring enlightenment rather than seeking to divide us into the righteous and the sinners, the saved and the damned, the sheep and the goats. J. M. Coetzee
In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future."-- Essay: "Kafka and his Precursors Jorge Luis Borges
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved. Richard Meier
Richard Meier quote: "An important work of architecture will create polemics."
An important work of architecture will create polemics. Richard Meier
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations. Carlisle Floyd
David Hume quote: "Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth..."
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. David Hume
Art Spiegelman quote: "Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic,..."
Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything. Art Spiegelman
In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah. Jack Schwartz
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical..."
When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Walter Benjamin quote: "Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal..."
Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. Walter Benjamin
Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement. Salvatore Quasimodo

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