inchoate quotes

- 3 of 3 Results

FILTER BY

Subject

Source

Author

- Relevance

- "The New Congress" New York Herald Tribune (Dthe_new_congress_new_york_herald_tribune
- "Dada: Suicide as an Art" The Savage God (197dada_suicide_as_an_art_the_savage

- Walter Lippmann
- A. Alvarez

- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- journalist
- novelist
- poet
- critic
- Occupation
- U.S.
- British

Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control o... - MORE Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.

A. Alvarez

art

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with persons who ... - MORE The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with persons who want to get something or to avoid something. Beyond this circle of seekers after privileges, individuals and organized minorities, he is aware of a large unorganized, indifferent mass of citizens who ask nothing in particular and rarely complain. The politician comes after a while to think that the art of politics is to satisfy the seekers after favors and to mollify the inchoate mass with noble sentiments and patriotic phrases.

Walter Lippmann

politics and politicians

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes,.... - MORE In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes,... it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.

Walter Lippmann

hard times

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The Columbia World of Quotations © 1996, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.