Changes in the structure of society are not brought about solely by massive engines of doctrine. The first flash of insight which persuades human beings to change their basic assumptions is usually contained in a few phrases.
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. - Kenneth Clark
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.
- Kenneth Clark
Art...must do something more than give pleasure: it should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit. - Kenneth Clark
Art...must do something more than give pleasure: it should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit.
We are part of a great whole. All living things are our brothers and sisters. - Kenneth Clark
We are part of a great whole. All living things are our brothers and sisters.
Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society. - Kenneth Clark
Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.
I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must still … - Kenneth Clark
I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must still …
I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I thin… - Kenneth Clark
I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I thin…
A racist system inevitably destroys and damages human beings; it brutalizes and dehumanizes them, blacks and whites alike. - Kenneth Clark
A racist system inevitably destroys and damages human beings; it brutalizes and dehumanizes them, blacks and whites alike.
Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable. - Kenneth Clark
Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.
I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible. - Kenneth Clark
I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible.
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