#humanities

Good work, like good talk or any other form of worthwhile human relationship, depends upon being able to assume an extended shared world. ↗

— Stefan Collini

#education-system #humanities #education

The fate of the humanities faculty in the burgeoning world of for-profit higher education is easy to predict, but painful to contemplate. Universities that, by virtue of their very mission, validate economic efficiency and productivity above all else also sanction apathy toward the humanities. (p. 97) ↗

— Frank Donoghue

#humanities #education

The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#culture #fulfillment #globe #humanities #learn

There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artists #arts #arts-and-humanities #dignity #dignity-in-the-arts

The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#calling #human #humanities #make #sense

The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult. ↗

— Philip Warren Anderson

#came #challenging #could #difficult #fact

You can’t enjoy art or books in a hurry. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#arts #arts-and-humanities #book #books #culture

Merlin seeks assistance from Pigwiggen, the only one of Arthur's knights who is also a fairy, and they unite their enchantments to move the British Court to Turkestan. Lively end to Act One. ↗

— Davies Robertson

#gibberish #hilarious #humanities #lyre-of-orpheus #art

Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artist #artists #artists-life #arts-and-humanities #artsy

Whenever the intensity of looking reaches a certain degree, one becomes aware of an equally intense energy coming towards one through the appearance of whatever it is one is scrutinizing. ↗

— John Berger

#equality