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Quote by Stephen Bayley
The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradit

The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny mans ability to adapt to changing circumstances. – Stephen Bayley

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As the twentieth century ends, commerce and culture are coming closer together. The distinction between life and art has been eroded by fifty years of enhanced communications, ever-improving reproduction technologies and increasing wealth. – Stephen Bayley

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Progress
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Stephen Bayley
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Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsburys is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting. – Stephen Bayley

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Advertising
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Stephen Bayley
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I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive. – Stephen Bayley

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Travel
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Other Quotes from
Tradition
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I felt theres a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. Id be a jerk not to take advantage of it. – Herman Wouk

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Tradition

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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Tradition

Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves. – Bertrand Russell

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Tradition

Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It constitutes that fundamental human characteristic of historicity. – Medard Boss

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Tradition

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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. – Barbara Bush

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That is happiness to be dissolved into something complete and great. – Willa Cather

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Happiness

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. – Anna Julia Cooper

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God

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. – Hugh Laurie

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History