Any society contains propaganda, but it is important to distinguish this from art and to preserve the purity and independence of the practice of art. A good society contains many different artists doing many different things. A bad society coerces artists because it knows that they can reveal all kinds of truths. | |
— Iris Murdoch | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: http://allisonmarieconway.com/ | |
The specific link to the post this was from is: http://allisonmarieconway.com/2018/08/13/on-art-democracy-dangerous-play/ | |
Please visit the blog if you have a free moment. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | What Did You Bring Up? |
2017 | Waiting For My First Strike |
2016 | Mostly Just Masticating |
2015 | Don’t Mess With Mosa |
How Long Is This Run? | |
2014 | The Importance Of Being Forgetful |
2013 | Anyway |
2012 | Habit Forming |
2011 | And In The Other Hand(ful) |
In Love With Words | |
Boundless Naïveté | |
Who Did You Say Signed Off On This Treason, Pat? | |
Posts Tagged ‘Society’
Propaganda vs. Art
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Art, http://allisonmarieconway.com, Iris Murdoch, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Propaganda, Quotes, Society, Truth on June 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Have You Planted Lately?
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Leadership, Navarre Scott Momaday, Philosophy, Planting, Quotes, Shade, Society, Trees on June 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. | |
— Navarre Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Something / Nothing |
2017 | Kindness |
2016 | Dealing With It |
2015 | Too Many Choices! |
2014 | Vini, Vidi, Vici |
2013 | Heroes |
Education, n. | |
2012 | Who I Want To Be |
2011 | Mythic Forgetfulness |
Pass The Soul
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Education, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Philosophy, Quotes, Society on July 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. | |
— Gilbert K. Chesterton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Zapping Music And Art |
2012 | Not Quite Fantastic |
That Kid Is Back | |
2011 | Wolves At The Door |
2010 | I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.) |
Beating the Heat… |