To denounce does not free the self from what it hates, any more than ignoring the past shuts off its influence.
Jacques BarzunAfter being boxed in by man and his constructions in Europe and the East, the release into space is exhilarating. The horizon is a huge remote circle, and no hills intervene.
Jacques BarzunExcept among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
Jacques BarzunLook for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.
Jacques Barzun