Fantasy consists in a morbid fascination with unrealities, which secretly transforms itself into a desire to make them real. Imagination is a form of intellectual control, which presents us with the image of unrealities in order that we should understand and feel distanced from them. In imagination we dominate; in fantasy, we are dominated.
Roger ScrutonModernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past
Roger ScrutonPrivate property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.
Roger ScrutonStyles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.
Roger Scruton