“Ours is not so much an age of vulgarity as of vulgarization; everything is tampered with or touched up, or adulterated or watered down, in an effort to make it palatable, in an effort to make it pay.” AgeEffortPayCivilizationTouchedVulgarityBling Author:Louis Kronenberger
“From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the hands of barbarians. But unless the humanist tradition itself in some form survives, there can really be no civilization at all.” MayPhilosophyHandsFormCivilizationTraditionHumanistBarbarians Author:Louis Kronenberger
“In an automobile civilization, which was one of constant motion and activity, there was almost no time to think; in a television one, there is small desire.” ThinkingDesireTelevisionCivilizationActivityConstantAutomobileTime To Think Author:Louis Kronenberger
