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Roger Scruton Quotes

Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use Picture Quote #1

Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others Picture Quote #1

Marriage does not exist for the benefit of the present generation but for the benefit of the next Picture Quote #1

The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal government, towards a labyrinthine privilege sodden structure of anonymous power, structuring a citizenship that is increasingly reluctant to answer for itself, increasingly parasitic on the dispensations of a bureaucracy towards which it can feel no gratitude Picture Quote #1

Beauty matters. It is not just a subjective thing but a universal need of human beings. If we ignore this need we find ourselves in a spiritual desert Picture Quote #1

Modernist buildings exclude dialogue, and the void that they create around themselves is not a public space but a desertification Picture Quote #1

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There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last Picture Quote #1

Classical buildings endure because they are loved, admired and accepted, and enjoy an innate adaption to human needs and purposes Picture Quote #1

Science proposes something and then does everything it can to disprove it. Religion is not like that. It proposes something and does everything it can to keep it from being disproved Picture Quote #1

The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy Picture Quote #1

If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it Picture Quote #1

Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which by now has ceased to be funny Picture Quote #1

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Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it Picture Quote #1

The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda Picture Quote #1

Something of the child’s pure delight in creation survives in every true work of art Picture Quote #1

Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence Picture Quote #1

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it Picture Quote #1

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Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use (Roger Scruton Quotes) Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others (Roger Scruton Quotes) Marriage does not exist for the benefit of the present generation but for the benefit of the next (Roger Scruton Quotes) The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal government, towards a labyrinthine privilege sodden structure of anonymous power, structuring a citizenship that is increasingly reluctant to answer for itself, increasingly parasitic on the dispensations of a bureaucracy towards which it can feel no gratitude (Roger Scruton Quotes) Beauty matters. It is not just a subjective thing but a universal need of human beings. If we ignore this need we find ourselves in a spiritual desert (Roger Scruton Quotes) Modernist buildings exclude dialogue, and the void that they create around themselves is not a public space but a desertification (Roger Scruton Quotes) There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last (Roger Scruton Quotes) Classical buildings endure because they are loved, admired and accepted, and enjoy an innate adaption to human needs and purposes (Roger Scruton Quotes) Science proposes something and then does everything it can to disprove it. Religion is not like that. It proposes something and does everything it can to keep it from being disproved (Roger Scruton Quotes) The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy (Roger Scruton Quotes) If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it (Roger Scruton Quotes) Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which by now has ceased to be funny (Roger Scruton Quotes) Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it (Roger Scruton Quotes) The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda (Roger Scruton Quotes) Something of the child’s pure delight in creation survives in every true work of art (Roger Scruton Quotes) Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence (Roger Scruton Quotes) Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it (Roger Scruton Quotes)

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