What did Jacques Barzun mean by: Above all, do not talk yourself out of good ideas by trying to expound them at haphazard meetings. Jacques Barzun Copy
Science is, in the best and strictest sense, glorious entertainment Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Entertainment, Exploration, Wonder, 0 Jacques Barzun
no subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Education, Literacy, Power, 0 Jacques Barzun
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Education, Respect, Tradition, 0 Jacques Barzun
Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Acceptance, Challenge, Change, 0 Jacques Barzun
The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Asceticism, Limit, Sensuality, 0 Jacques Barzun
Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Creation, Identity, Selfhood, 0 Jacques Barzun
Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Competition, Strategy, Teamwork, 0 Jacques Barzun
Intellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Barzun, Convention, Equality, Respect, 0 Jacques Barzun
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
