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Ivory Tower Quotes

The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty Picture Quote #1

As for mathematicians themselves: don’t expect too much help. Most of them are too far removed in their ivory towers to take up such challenges. And anyway, they are not competent. After all, they are just mathematicians-what we need is paramathematicians, like you... It is you who can be the welding force, between mathematicians and stories, in order to achieve the synthesis Picture Quote #1

It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory tower developed. Now there’s still this idea that the reader doesn’t take part in the social game and in politics, the res publica, but for other reasons: he doesn’t do it because he’s not making any money Picture Quote #1

Human history has become too much a matter of dogma taught by ‘professionals’ in ivory towers as though it’s all fact. Actually, much of human history is up for grabs. The further back you go, the more that the history that’s taught in the schools and universities begins to look like some kind of faerie story Picture Quote #1

Even ivory towers need central heating Picture Quote #1

An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open Picture Quote #1

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Ivory towers are as rare as bowling alleys in tribal cultures Picture Quote #1

Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory Picture Quote #1

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward Picture Quote #1

It’s a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done Picture Quote #1

Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best we can, but ultimately our goal is to please our clients Picture Quote #1

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Language evolves and moves on. It is an organic thing. It is not stuck in an ivory tower, hung with expensive works of art Picture Quote #1

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues Picture Quote #1

For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really in it, are we Picture Quote #1

The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty Picture Quote #1

Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside Picture Quote #1

Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world, the subordination of students to teachers becomes impossible Picture Quote #1

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The only refuge left to us was the poet’s ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob Picture Quote #1

That’s a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed Picture Quote #1

I’m not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so they can identify where and why design can make a difference. We also need to understand the business issues. If we don’t make our numbers this quarter, we don’t earn the right to do something cool the next time Picture Quote #1

Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower Picture Quote #1

When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter Picture Quote #1

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The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty. (Ivory Tower Quotes) As for mathematicians themselves: don’t expect too much help. Most of them are too far removed in their ivory towers to take up such challenges. And anyway, they are not competent. After all, they are just mathematicians-what we need is paramathematicians, like you... It is you who can be the welding force, between mathematicians and stories, in order to achieve the synthesis (Ivory Tower Quotes) It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory tower developed. Now there’s still this idea that the reader doesn’t take part in the social game and in politics, the res publica, but for other reasons: he doesn’t do it because he’s not making any money (Ivory Tower Quotes) Human history has become too much a matter of dogma taught by ‘professionals’ in ivory towers as though it’s all fact. Actually, much of human history is up for grabs. The further back you go, the more that the history that’s taught in the schools and universities begins to look like some kind of faerie story (Ivory Tower Quotes) Even ivory towers need central heating (Ivory Tower Quotes) An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open (Ivory Tower Quotes) Ivory towers are as rare as bowling alleys in tribal cultures (Ivory Tower Quotes) Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory (Ivory Tower Quotes) Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought (Ivory Tower Quotes) I don’t want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward (Ivory Tower Quotes) It’s a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done (Ivory Tower Quotes) Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best we can, but ultimately our goal is to please our clients (Ivory Tower Quotes) Language evolves and moves on. It is an organic thing. It is not stuck in an ivory tower, hung with expensive works of art (Ivory Tower Quotes) Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues (Ivory Tower Quotes) For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really in it, are we (Ivory Tower Quotes) The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty (Ivory Tower Quotes) Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside (Ivory Tower Quotes) Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world, the subordination of students to teachers becomes impossible (Ivory Tower Quotes) The only refuge left to us was the poet’s ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob (Ivory Tower Quotes) That’s a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed (Ivory Tower Quotes) I’m not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so they can identify where and why design can make a difference. We also need to understand the business issues. If we don’t make our numbers this quarter, we don’t earn the right to do something cool the next time (Ivory Tower Quotes) Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower (Ivory Tower Quotes) When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter (Ivory Tower Quotes)