[A]ny notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared. Leisure became entertainment.
Allan BloomThe artist is the most interesting of all phenomena, for he represents creativity, the definition of man.
Allan BloomThe liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration.
Allan BloomAuthentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.
Allan Bloom