Kenneth Clark Quotes
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We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.
Ask any decent person what he thinks matters most in human conduct: five to one his answer will be "kindness."
The first flash of insight which persuades human beings to change their basic assumptions is usually contained in a few phrases.
Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.
I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole, I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology.
I believe that order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must still try to learn from history.
