“The arts teach and moralise by their beauty alone, not by translating a philosophical or social formula. For the truly artistic person, painting has itself as it's purpose, which is quite enough.” PersonsArtEnoughPurposeSocialTeachPaintingPhilosophicalArtisticFormulasTranslate Author:Theophile Gautier
“I should like to begin with a philosophical comment. I do not think that when one is speaking of hardships or benefits one can reasonably speak in terms of classes or social groups but only in terms of individuals.” ThinkingShouldIndividualSpeakSocialTermClassGroupsBenefitsPhilosophicalHardshipCommentSocial Groups Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.” LiteratureSocialReligiousPerspectiveCapablePhilosophicalAshamedHorizonNew PerspectiveNew Horizons Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
“I know that there are many persons to whom it seems derogatory to link a body of philosophic ideas to the social life and cultureof their epoch. They seem to accept a dogma of immaculate conception of philosophical systems.” KnowsPersonsIdeasBodySeemsSocialAcceptingPhilosophicalLinksConceptionDogmaSocial LifeEpochPhilosophicImmaculateDerogatoryImmaculate Conception Book:The Essential Dewey: Pragmatism, education, democracy Source: The Essential Dewey: Pragmatism, education, democracy