--- title: "17 Eclecticism Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Eclecticism quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Eclecticism sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/f-h-bradley-18045_fake_eclecticism-every-truth-is-so-true-that_1217277.jpg" --- > [Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-h-bradley/eclecticism-every-truth-is-so-true-that-any-truth-must-be-false/) [F. H. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-h-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/f-h-bradley-18045_fake_eclecticism-every-truth-is-so-true-that_1217277.jpg) > [Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-ronstadt/rampant-eclecticism-is-my-middle-name/) [Linda Ronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-ronstadt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/linda-ronstadt-2836_inspirational_rampant-eclecticism-is-my-middle-name-75_751.png) > [Schiaparelli, for me, is about eclecticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-zanini/schiaparelli-for-me-is-about-eclecticism/) [Marco Zanini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-zanini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/marco-zanini-27527_about_schiaparelli-for-me-is-about-eclecticism_1450055.png) > [Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ellison/eclecticism-is-the-word-like-a-jazz-musician-who-creates-his-own/) [Ralph Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/ralph-ellison-2676_ears_eclecticism-is-the-word-like-a-jazz-musi_1995363.png) > [I believe that eclecticism is a virtue. It may not be a word, but its definitely a virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-smith/i-believe-that-eclecticism-is-a-virtue-it-may-not-be-a-word-but-its/) [Will Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/will-smith-1021_believe_i-believe-that-eclecticism-is-a-virtue-i_2462885.jpg) > [How can we prevent this telescoping of cultures and styles from ending up in kitsch eclecticism, a cool hellenism excluding all critical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-bourriaud/how-can-we-prevent-this-telescoping-of-cultures-and-styles-from/) [Nicolas Bourriaud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-bourriaud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/nicolas-bourriaud-87256_critical_how-can-we-prevent-this-telescoping-of-c_432762.jpg) > [It's my enigmatic nature that tends to nourish the scopes of my eclecticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasmina-siderovski/it-s-my-enigmatic-nature-that-tends-to-nourish-the-scopes-of-my/) [Jasmina Siderovski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasmina-siderovski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb5/jasmina-siderovski-12088_art_it-s-my-enigmatic-nature-that-tends-to-n_2213469.jpg) > [I went through my adolescence having this revelatory experience - I can have any music I want, and I can get it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grimes/i-went-through-my-adolescence-having-this-revelatory-experience-i-can/) [Grimes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grimes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/grimes-3169_adolescence_i-went-through-my-adolescence-having-thi_2094475.jpg) > [Instead of books, art, theatre, and music being consigned to specialized niches, we might have a criticism that better reflects the eclecticism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/instead-of-books-art-theatre-and-music-being-consigned-to-specialized/) [Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/lee-siegel-17372_art_instead-of-books-art-theatre-and-music-b_1664066.jpg) > [Having done, you know, science fiction, I didn't want to get trapped in science fiction. So my eclecticism was my only conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-meyer/having-done-you-know-science-fiction-i-didn-t-want-to-get-trapped-in/) [Nicholas Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/nicholas-meyer-16558_choices_having-done-you-know-science-fiction-i-d_1647224.png) > [Kitsch generates pseudonovelty with no new insight into reality, or else does not concern itself at all with the new and produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-broch/kitsch-generates-pseudonovelty-with-no-new-insight-into-reality-or/) [Hermann Broch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-broch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/hermann-broch-16029_academic_kitsch-generates-pseudonovelty-with-no-n_2120440.png) > [I like eclecticism. To feel comfortable and not overdressed. I still like thrift store shopping, and I don't like to put a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-ambrose/i-like-eclecticism-to-feel-comfortable-and-not-overdressed-i-still/) [Lauren Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/lauren-ambrose-18058_comfortable_i-like-eclecticism-to-feel-comfortable-a_2719175.jpg) > [Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contemporary-general-culture-one/) [Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_clothes_eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contem_1477171.jpg) > [“The human mind is not a dignified organ, and I do not see how we can exercise it sincerely except through eclecticism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ-and-i-do-not-see-how-we-can/) [E.M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/e-m-forster-2-1148_eclectic_the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ_1189233.jpg) > [“...history is inherently an eclectic discipline and the skills it requires are correspondingly diverse. And therein lie its strengths. Eclecticism is sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludmilla-jordanova/history-is-inherently-an-eclectic-discipline-and-the-skills-it/) [Ludmilla Jordanova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludmilla-jordanova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/ludmilla-jordanova-168734_discipline_history-is-inherently-an-eclectic-discip_109147.jpg) > [“Picasso’s eclecticism signifies the deliberate destruction of the unity of the personality; his imitations are protests against the cult of originality; his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-hauser/picasso-s-eclecticism-signifies-the-deliberate-destruction-of-the/) [Arnold Hauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-hauser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/arnold-hauser-110125_art_picasso-s-eclecticism-signifies-the-deli_1016155.jpg) > [“To give you an idea of my state of mind I can not do better than compare it to one of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-de-musset/to-give-you-an-idea-of-my-state-of-mind-i-can-not-do-better-than/) [Alfred De Musset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-de-musset/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/alfred-de-musset-4813_end-of-the-world_to-give-you-an-idea-of-my-state-of-mind_964691.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eclecticism/#itemlist", "name": "Eclecticism Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "F. 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To feel comfortable and not overdressed. I still like thrift store shopping, and I don't like to put a lot of effort into what I'm going to wear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Ambrose" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-ambrose/i-like-eclecticism-to-feel-comfortable-and-not-overdressed-i-still/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/lauren-ambrose-18058_comfortable_i-like-eclecticism-to-feel-comfortable-a_2719175.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/lauren-ambrose-18058_comfortable_i-like-eclecticism-to-feel-comfortable-a_2719175.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/lauren-ambrose-18058_comfortable_i-like-eclecticism-to-feel-comfortable-a_2719175.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like eclecticism. To feel comfortable and not overdressed. 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It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean-Francois Lyotard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contemporary-general-culture-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_clothes_eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contem_1477171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_clothes_eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contem_1477171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_clothes_eclecticism-is-the-degree-zero-of-contem_1477171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western…” — Jean-Francois Lyotard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The human mind is not a dignified organ, and I do not see how we can exercise it sincerely except through eclecticism. And the only advice I would offer my fellow eclectics is: \"Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E.M. Forster" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ-and-i-do-not-see-how-we-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/e-m-forster-2-1148_eclectic_the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ_1189233.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/e-m-forster-2-1148_eclectic_the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ_1189233.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/e-m-forster-2-1148_eclectic_the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ_1189233.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The human mind is not a dignified organ, and I do not see how we can exercise it sincerely except through…” — E.M. Forster", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...history is inherently an eclectic discipline and the skills it requires are correspondingly diverse. And therein lie its strengths. Eclecticism is sometimes treated as a dirty word. At the very least it sounds untidy - just so: if historians treat the past in too tidy a manner they lose a great deal...It is precisely the ability to embrace complexities while making sense of them, and to think flexibly about diverse phenomena at distinct analytical levels, that characterises historians' purchase on the past.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ludmilla Jordanova" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludmilla-jordanova/history-is-inherently-an-eclectic-discipline-and-the-skills-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/ludmilla-jordanova-168734_discipline_history-is-inherently-an-eclectic-discip_109147.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/ludmilla-jordanova-168734_discipline_history-is-inherently-an-eclectic-discip_109147.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/ludmilla-jordanova-168734_discipline_history-is-inherently-an-eclectic-discip_109147.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...history is inherently an eclectic discipline and the skills it requires are correspondingly diverse. 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He represents a complete break with individualism and subjectivism, the absolute denial of art as the expression of an unmistakable personality. His works are notes and commentaries on reality; they make no claim to be regarded as a picture of a world and a totality, as a synthesis and epitome of existence. Picasso compromises the artistic means of expression by his indiscriminate use of the different artistic styles just as thoroughly and wilfully as do the surrealists by their renunciation of traditional forms.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arnold Hauser" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-hauser/picasso-s-eclecticism-signifies-the-deliberate-destruction-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/arnold-hauser-110125_art_picasso-s-eclecticism-signifies-the-deli_1016155.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/arnold-hauser-110125_art_picasso-s-eclecticism-signifies-the-deli_1016155.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/arnold-hauser-110125_art_picasso-s-eclecticism-signifies-the-deli_1016155.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Picasso’s eclecticism signifies the deliberate destruction of the unity of the personality; his imitations…” — Arnold Hauser", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To give you an idea of my state of mind I can not do better than compare it to one of those rooms we see nowadays in which are collected and mingled the furniture of all times and countries. Our age has no impress of its own. We have impressed the seal of our time neither on our houses nor our gardens, nor on anything that is ours. On the street may be seen men who have their beards trimmed as in the time of Henry III, others who are clean-shaven, others who have their hair arranged as in the time of Raphael, others as in the time of Christ. So the homes of the rich are cabinets of curiosities: the antique, the gothic, the style of the Renaissance, that of Louis XIII, all pell-mell. In short, we have every century except our own—a thing which has never been seen at any other epoch: eclecticism is our taste; we take everything we find, this for beauty, that for utility, another for antiquity, still another for its ugliness even, so that we live surrounded by debris, as if the end of the world were at hand.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alfred De Musset" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-de-musset/to-give-you-an-idea-of-my-state-of-mind-i-can-not-do-better-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/alfred-de-musset-4813_end-of-the-world_to-give-you-an-idea-of-my-state-of-mind_964691.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/alfred-de-musset-4813_end-of-the-world_to-give-you-an-idea-of-my-state-of-mind_964691.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/alfred-de-musset-4813_end-of-the-world_to-give-you-an-idea-of-my-state-of-mind_964691.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To give you an idea of my state of mind I can not do better than compare it to one of those rooms we see…” — Alfred De Musset", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eclecticism/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eclecticism/", "name": "Eclecticism Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eclecticism/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/f-h-bradley-18045_fake_eclecticism-every-truth-is-so-true-that_1217277.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 17 Eclecticism quotes by 17 authors. 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