Walter Benjamin Quotes

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.

Walter Benjamin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 15, 1892 - September 26, 1940

Topics

ArtCriticismNewSocialEnjoyment

I'm a terrible sort of non-fussy eater, really. I don't like posh food very much, and the more ingredients something's got in it, the less I tend to like it.

Jo Brand

FoodMoreIngredientsSomethingGot

It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

Jerrold Nadler

LegalCongressWhyDecideRole

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.

John Lewis

SpeakYouSayFairRightSee

I don't need friends.

John McAfee

FriendsNeed

I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.

Matthew Perry

DieYearSoberNextGoingBecause

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

Anna Held

CareBetterTake CareFindFeelings

I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother.

Steve Case

BrotherSisterOlder SisterAwayWho

I already own more than any human being needs.

Stanley Marcus

MoreHumanHuman BeingOwnBeing

I grew up with Jilly and Tamsin driving Volvos. But I wasn't one of them... I always felt more comfortable with Cockney and working-class people. My heroes were the Beatles and people like Michael Caine.

Tracey Ullman

PeopleDrivingComfortableHeroesUp

Nothing's given in the Rock family.

Tony Rock

FamilyNothingRockGiven

When I arrived at Harvard, I wanted to design a course in political theory that would have interested me, back when I was started out, in a way that the standard things didn't.

Michael Sandel

MeDesignPoliticalBackWayOut

To call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries.

Mitch McConnell

InsultRecoveryCall

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