Camille Paglia Quotes

It's high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol, who incorporated into his art all the gaudy commercial imagery of capitalism (like Campbell's soup cans) that most artists had stubbornly scorned.

Camille Paglia

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1947

Topics

TimeArtHeroWorldSoupCapitalism

Maybe I was just born to argue with men.

Johann Lamont

MenBornJustArgueMaybe

Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how long has it gone on? And have the motives changed?

John Keegan

MenLongWhyExtraordinaryGoneHow

Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream.

John Malkovich

DreamsSomeoneYouDreamActingOut

Art is when things appear rounded.

Maurice Denis

ArtThingsRoundedAppear

If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.

Andy Warhol

ArtTryingYouRightRealBe Real

When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline.

Tony Evans

DisciplinePovertyYouDownCrime

I don't want to be the passively alert vegetable in the corner that takes in everything but can't communicate, which I think would suck a lot of life out of my family without giving very much to me.

Tony Judt

LifeFamilyMeThinkGivingWant

Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage.

Dianne Reeves

JazzBetweenExchangeEverybodyVery

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?

Douglas Coupland

FoodKnowInsideCatPutExactly

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.

Chester W. Nimitz

FaithRelaxSayDefendDefenseMust

So many people in the world would rather stay in a situation that's painful but familiar because they're comfortable with it. Not a lot of people have the strength or heart to realize when something's not good for them and to turn around and be alone.

Corey Taylor

StrengthGoodHeartAlonePeople

When I feel confident and comfortable, I'm better at my job.

Colbie Caillat

JobConfidentBetterFeelI Feel

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