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Kenneth Clark Quotes: The Cathedrals were built to the glory of God; New York was built to the glory of Mammon.
         

The Cathedrals were built to the glory of God; New York was built to the glory of Mammon.


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A racist system inevitably destroys and damages human beings; it brutalizes and dehumanizes them, blacks and whites alike.

A racist system inevitably destroys and damages human beings; it brutalizes and dehumanizes them, blacks and whites alike.



Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.



I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos.

I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos.



Art...must do something more than give pleasure: it should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit.

Art...must do something more than give pleasure: it should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit.



A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know.

A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know.



Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings.

Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings.



The eye instinctively looks for analogies and amplifies them, so that a face imagined in the pattern of a wallpaper may become more vivid than a photograph.

The eye instinctively looks for analogies and amplifies them, so that a face imagined in the pattern of a wallpaper may become more vivid than a photograph.



Almost all great painters in old age arrive at the same kind of broad, simplified style, as if they wanted to summarise the whole of their experience in a few strokes and blobs of colour.

Almost all great painters in old age arrive at the same kind of broad, simplified style, as if they wanted to summarise the whole of their experience in a few strokes and blobs of colour.



Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it.

Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it.



Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.





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The best lies are based on thetruth, at least in part

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You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.

You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.



I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.

I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.



I’ve had the pleasure of hearing The Novelists perform live. They are gifted songwriters and talented musicians with strong lead voices. This is a band with lots of heart & soul.

I’ve had the pleasure of hearing The Novelists perform live. They are gifted songwriters and talented musicians with strong lead voices. This is a band with lots of heart & soul.



You don't have to believe everything you think.

You don't have to believe everything you think.



Awareness returning home is awareness being enfolded by what it knows.

Awareness returning home is awareness being enfolded by what it knows.



God is not outside this earthly case of ours.

God is not outside this earthly case of ours.



The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least.

The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least.



Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can't protect themselves against the evil!

Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can't protect themselves against the evil!



This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.




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