“To think of abstraction as an end in itself is undoubtedly letting oneself be led into a cul-de-sac and can only lead to exhaustion and impotence.” ThinkingEndsOneselfAbstractionExhaustionImpotence Book:Let There Be Sculpture Source: Let There Be Sculpture
“Where jargon turns living issues into abstractions, and where jargon ends by competing with jargon, people don't have causes. They only have enemies.” PeopleEndsTurnsCausesEnemyIssuesCompetingAbstractionJargon Book:Literary Occasions: Essays Source: Literary Occasions: Essays
“We do not need French post-structuralism, whose pedantic jargon, clumsy convolutions, and prissy abstractions have spread throughout academe and the arts and are now blighting the most promising minds of the next generation. This is a major crisis if there ever was one, and every sensible person must help bring it to an end.” IfsNeedsMindPersonsArtEndsHelpingNextGenerationsMajorsCrisisSpreadPostsSensibleAbstractionNext GenerationClumsyJargonPedanticStructuralism Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays