Quotes by Levi-Strauss, Claude

Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in socie >>

Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both >>

The musical emotion springs precisely from the fact that at each momen >>

Quotations about Progress

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. >>

I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am a >>

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. >>

Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize... the immense riches accumulated by the human race. By underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished.

Levi-Strauss, Claude