Printed prose is historically a most peculiar, almost an aberrant way of telling stories, and by far the most inherently anestheti...c: It is the only medium of art I can think of which appeals directly to none of our five senses. The oral and folk tradition in narrative made use of verse or live-voice dynamics, embellished by gesture and expression--a kind of rudimentary theater--as do the best raconteurs of all times. Commonly there was musical accompaniment as well: a kind of one-man theater-of-mixed-means.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Surely knowledge of the natural world, knowledge of the human condition, knowledge of the nature and dynamics of society, knowledg...e of the past so that one may use it in experiencing the present and aspiring to the future--all of these, it would seem reasonable to suppose, are essential to an educated man. To these must be added another--knowledge of the products of our artistic heritage that mark the history of our esthetic wonder and delight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common cond...ition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Denotation by means of sounds and markings is a remarkable abstraction. Three letters designate God for me; several lines a millio...n things. How easy becomes the manipulation of the universe here, how evident the concentration of the intellectual world! Language is the dynamics of the spiritual realm. One word of command moves armies; the word liberty entire nations.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Anytime we react to behavior in our children that we dislike in ourselves, we need to proceed with extreme caution. The dynamics o...f everyday family life also have a way of repeating themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the technology cannot shoulder the entire burden of strategic change, it nevertheless can set into motion a series of dynamics ...that present an important challenge to imperative control and the industrial division of labor. The more blurred the distinction between what workers know and what managers know, the more fragile and pointless any traditional relationships of domination and subordination between them will become.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly with re...gard to those two points.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of... our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »