The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think. Colin Firth British Actor More Colin Firth Quotes 0
The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think. Colin Firth British Actor More Colin Firth Quotes 0
Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity. Vladimir Nabokov American Novelist More Vladimir Nabokov Quotes 0
Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. Ambrose Bierce American Journalist More Ambrose Bierce Quotes 0
The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. Louis Dudek Canadian Poet More Louis Dudek Quotes 0
Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of light. Matthew Arnold English Poet More Matthew Arnold Quotes 0
In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable. Susan Sontag American Writer More Susan Sontag Quotes 0