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Daniel Bell Quotes: Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.
         

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.


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Art is an end in itself; its values are intrinsic.

Art is an end in itself; its values are intrinsic.



The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain.

The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain.



I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.

I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.



One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae.

One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae.



Art is the aesthetic ordering of experience to express meanings in symbolic terms.

Art is the aesthetic ordering of experience to express meanings in symbolic terms.



The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.



... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.



Wise men still seek Him today.

Wise men still seek Him today.



But in action, one defies one's character.

But in action, one defies one's character.



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Art is the reordering of nature - the qualities of space and time - in new perceptual and material form.





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