Author: Kenneth Clark

Quotes

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.

- Kenneth Clark

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

- Kenneth Clark

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

- Kenneth Clark

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.

- Kenneth Clark

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