An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.
Jacques Barzun
2
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
3
Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
Jacques Barzun
4
If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.
Jacques Barzun
5
In any assembly the simplest way to stop the transacting of business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.
Jacques Barzun
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In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principal.
Jacques Barzun
7
It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.
Jacques Barzun
8
Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.
Jacques Barzun
9
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
10
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
Jacques Barzun
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The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.
Jacques Barzun
12
The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.
Jacques Barzun
13
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.
Jacques Barzun
