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Jacques Barzun Quotes

The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form Picture Quote #1

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence Picture Quote #1

Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made Picture Quote #1

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine Picture Quote #1

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy Picture Quote #1

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred Picture Quote #1

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Intellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention Picture Quote #1

Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing Picture Quote #1

History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles many waters and holds in solution invisible substances stolen from distant soils Picture Quote #1

For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation Picture Quote #1

The professionals resemble and recognize each other by virtue of the stigmata that their trade has left upon them. They are like the dog in the fable, whose collar has made an indelible mark around his neck. The amateur is the shaggy wolf whom no dog had better trust too far Picture Quote #1

Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice Picture Quote #1

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It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism Picture Quote #1

We cannot appreciate the art of any age without first acquiring an equivalent of the experience it depicts Picture Quote #1

We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did not exist it would be necessary to invent him Picture Quote #1

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it. Teaching may look like administering a dose, but even a dose must be worked on by the body if it is to cure. Each individual must cure his or her own ignorance Picture Quote #1

The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve Picture Quote #1

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle Picture Quote #1

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real Picture Quote #1

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole Picture Quote #1

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth Picture Quote #1

The test and the use of man’s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a room and not perish Picture Quote #1

The sole justification of teaching, of the school itself, is that the student comes out of it able to do something he could not do before. I say do and not know, because knowledge that doesn’t lead to doing something new or doing something better is not knowledge at all Picture Quote #1

Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what it can do, hence accustomed not to feel small stings Picture Quote #1

Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn Picture Quote #1

Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject: One can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument. The work may in fact be better understood without a knowledge of the details of its manufacture, of attention to these tends to distract from meaning and effect Picture Quote #1

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The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form (Jacques Barzun Quotes) It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Intellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing (Jacques Barzun Quotes) History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles many waters and holds in solution invisible substances stolen from distant soils (Jacques Barzun Quotes) For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation (Jacques Barzun Quotes) The professionals resemble and recognize each other by virtue of the stigmata that their trade has left upon them. They are like the dog in the fable, whose collar has made an indelible mark around his neck. The amateur is the shaggy wolf whom no dog had better trust too far (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice (Jacques Barzun Quotes) It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism (Jacques Barzun Quotes) We cannot appreciate the art of any age without first acquiring an equivalent of the experience it depicts (Jacques Barzun Quotes) We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did not exist it would be necessary to invent him (Jacques Barzun Quotes) The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it. Teaching may look like administering a dose, but even a dose must be worked on by the body if it is to cure. Each individual must cure his or her own ignorance (Jacques Barzun Quotes) The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve (Jacques Barzun Quotes) In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years (Jacques Barzun Quotes) 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 Quotes) In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle (Jacques Barzun Quotes) If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole (Jacques Barzun Quotes) A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth (Jacques Barzun Quotes) The test and the use of man’s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind (Jacques Barzun Quotes) 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 Quotes) The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a room and not perish (Jacques Barzun Quotes) The sole justification of teaching, of the school itself, is that the student comes out of it able to do something he could not do before. I say do and not know, because knowledge that doesn’t lead to doing something new or doing something better is not knowledge at all (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what it can do, hence accustomed not to feel small stings (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn (Jacques Barzun Quotes) Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject: One can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument. The work may in fact be better understood without a knowledge of the details of its manufacture, of attention to these tends to distract from meaning and effect (Jacques Barzun Quotes)

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