“This is great art, we've been told this by the great pundits of our age. And in consequence why should we bother to learn? There's nothing more delightful than to be told, 'You don't have to learn, my boy. There's nothing in it. Modern art? There's nothing in it.” ShouldArtAgeBoysModernConsequenceBotherDelightfulGreat ArtModernismModern ArtMy BoysPundits Author:Anthony Burgess
“Modern man may assert that he can dispense with them, and he may bolster his opinion by insisting that there is no scientific evidence of their truth. But since we are dealing with invisible and unknowable things (for God is beyond human understanding, and there is no mean of proving immortality), why should we bother with evidence?” MenShouldHumansMayMeanUnderstandingOpinionModernProveEvidenceInvisibleBotherImmortalityMemories Dreams ReflectionsModern ManInsistingScientific Evidence Book:Man and His Symbols Source: Man and His Symbols
“The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.” KnowsMenModernHeroTragedyBotherHeroicIdolatryModern Man Author:Vaclav Havel