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Stephen Vizinczey Quotes

Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination Picture Quote #1

Art experts are unfailingly opposed to Art for the simple reason that they are interested in Art - but Art is not interested in Art. Art is interested in life Picture Quote #1

Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination Picture Quote #1

Consistency is a virtue for trains Picture Quote #1

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness Picture Quote #1

Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great Picture Quote #1

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As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree Picture Quote #1

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it Picture Quote #1

During all my wandering through two decades and two continents, I’ve found nothing more pathetic than the universal misery of young boys trying to charm young girls Picture Quote #1

All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible Picture Quote #1

Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn Picture Quote #1

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it Picture Quote #1

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Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must live as you are told by other people who desire and think for you Picture Quote #1

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders Picture Quote #1

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not Picture Quote #1

Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with Picture Quote #1

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them Picture Quote #1

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in Picture Quote #1

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The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person’s name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination. (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Art experts are unfailingly opposed to Art for the simple reason that they are interested in Art - but Art is not interested in Art. Art is interested in life (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Consistency is a virtue for trains (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) During all my wandering through two decades and two continents, I’ve found nothing more pathetic than the universal misery of young boys trying to charm young girls (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must live as you are told by other people who desire and think for you (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes) The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person’s name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test (Stephen Vizinczey Quotes)