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I realized
early on that the academy and the literary world alike --
and I don't think there really is a distinction between the
two -- are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and
bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male
or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his
own, is not going to be liked.
-- Harold Bloom
British Professor, Author
There is but
one step from the Academy to the Fad.
-- Samuel Butler
1612-1680, British Poet,
Satirist
If poetry is
like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who
studies the passion-stains on the bedsheets.
-- Irving Layton
1912-, Canadian Poet
A serious
problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass
media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with
all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of
American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
-- Camille Paglia
1947-, American Author,
Critic, Educator
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Art is not to
be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what
one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools
should be the streets.
-- Oscar Wilde
1856-1900, British Author,
Wit
In
universities and intellectual circles, academics can
guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which is just as
satisfying, unpopularity -- by being opinionated rather than
by being learned.
-- A. N. Wilson
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