Art is magic, not
Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity. Edith Sitwell
Uniformity
I distrust Great Men.
I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper. E. M. Forster
Every character is in
Every character is in some respects uniform, and in others inconsistent; and it is only by the study both of the uniformity and inconsistency, and a comparison of them with each other, that the knowledge of man is acquired. Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Everything which might cause
Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. The basis of unfavorable comparisons with elsewhere, the knowledge of possible alternatives to the course actually taken, information which might suggest failure on the part of the government to live up to its promises or … Read more
The apostles were scattered,
The apostles were scattered, and even the leaders of the Church in Jerusalem had neither the power nor the means to impose uniformity.In these circumstances, we must imagine the literature of Christianity as spreading gradually, irregularly, and in a manner which variations inevitable. Frederic G. Kenyon
Many are really virtuous
Many are really virtuous who cannot explain what virtue is . . . But the powers themselves in reality perform their several operations with sufficient constancy and uniformity in persons of good health whatever their opinions be about them . . . Francis Hutcheson
Houses are built to
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. Francis Bacon
With sport went beer
With sport went beer drinking and gambling – until recently restricted by the wowsers, but part of that code of mateship of men, that necessity constantly to demonstrate masculine sameness, which provided one of the most flattening sources of uniformity. Donald Horne
How did we lose
How did we lose our culture? Black people used to all do the same thing on Saturdays. We all watched Soul Train and American Bandstand, got our fashion and dance tips, and then we emulated it and bought those records that we heard. Now it seems like there is no culture. The school of fish … Read more
With our mad lust
With our mad lust for Uniformity and a Higher Standard of Living and Expanding Markets, we go to a country like Afghanistan and cruelly try to jerk her forward two thousand years in two decades, giving no thought to the profound shock this must be to her national psychology. Dervla Murphy