Jacques Barzun Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Jacques Barzun quotes and sayings page 2 (educator). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 29 we have.

“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.”

“Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.”

“Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.”

“An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.”

“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.”

“By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.”

“Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.”

“I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it.”

“It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.”