In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
Camille PagliaRead
I'm a professor of media studies as well as humanities, and I'm an evangelist of popular culture, but when there's only media, then there's going to be a slow debasement of language, and that's what I think we're fighting.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of language amidst the overwhelming presence of media and popular culture.
Camille Paglia argues that as society increasingly prioritizes media and popular culture, the quality and richness of language suffer. She believes that this phenomenon leads to a 'debasement' of language, which is a crucial aspect of human communication and expression, and she positions herself as a defender of language against this cultural trend.
Themes
LanguageMediaPopular CultureEducationCommunication
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on the impact of social media on communication, this quote underscores the nuances of language.
More from Camille Paglia
All quotes →Every month, it is woman's fate to face the abyss of time and being, the abyss which is herself.
Camille PagliaRead
Serial or sex murder, like fetishism, is a perversion of male intelligence. It is a criminal abstraction, masculine in its deranged egotism and orderliness. It is the asocial equivalent of philosophy, mathematics, and music. There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
Camille PagliaRead
The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.
Camille PagliaRead
We should teach general ethics to both men and women, but sexual relationships themselves must not be policed. Sex, like the city streets, would be risk-free only in totalitarian regimes.
Camille PagliaRead
Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow. It is our imperial sex theater, supreme temple of the western eye. We live in the age of idols. The pagan past, never dead, flames again in our mystic hierarchies of stardom.
Camille PagliaRead
Similar quotes
From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning. From knowledge acquired by personal initiative arises the desire for more knowledge. And from mastery of the novel and beautiful world awaiting every child comes self-confidence.
E. O. WilsonRead
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
Lloyd AlexanderRead
If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow
Mike KrzyzewskiRead
I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. We’ve become some of the most educated people in the world through our diaspora. We’ve had to be. When you ain’t got land, your degree may be your only solid ground. May father felt (feels) that being a doctor would give me security. How can I explain that I’m not safe from anything if I don’t write?
Suheir HammadRead
We need to have an educational system that's able to embrace all sorts of minds, and where a student doesn't have to fit into a certain mold of learning.
James HillmanRead
I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years
Laura HillenbrandRead