Quote by Camille Paglia
I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning that exceptio

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity. – Camille Paglia

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Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of womans attention. – Camille Paglia

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Men
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All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once! – Camille Paglia

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History
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One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). Its why he found shooting on set boring – because he had already composed the film in his head. – Camille Paglia

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When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase. – Bernard Berenson

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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. – John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice, 1851

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I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I dont care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity. – Emile Zola

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Beauty

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum. – Alexis Carrel

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