“My aim is to give you only the things with which I am completely satisfied, even if it means asking you a little more [time] for them... for if I were to do otherwise I'd turn into a mere painting machine and you would be landed with a pile of incomplete work which would put off the most enthusiastic of art collectors.” IfsGivingMeanLittlesArtWould BeTurnsPaintingMachinesAskingAimMereSatisfiedMore TimeEnthusiasticIncompleteCollectors Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“Historicism and cultural relativism actually are a means to avoid testing our own prejudices and asking, for example, whether men are really equal or whether that opinion is merely a democratic prejudice.” MenMeanOpinionExampleEqualPrejudiceAskingDemocraticTestingRelativismCultural Relativism Book:Closing of the American Mind Source: Closing of the American Mind