Quotes by Bloom, Allan

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. >>

There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the exist >>

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthe >>

Quotations about Culture

Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron >>

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. >>

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. >>

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part.

Bloom, Allan