Camille Paglia Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.”

“As a scholar who regularly surveys archival material, I think that, a century from now, cultural historians will find David Horowitz's spiritual and political odyssey paradigmatic for our time.”

“Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.”

“Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?”

“Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.”

“If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.”

“The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.”

“Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.”

“A woman simply is, but a man must become.”

“I guess I'm just a natural warrior.”