Familiar Quotes by Jacques Barzun

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

— Jacques Barzun

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

— Jacques Barzun

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

— Jacques Barzun

The reason why research is like sculpting from memory is that in neither is there a concrete visible subject to copy directly. The subject…

— Jacques Barzun

Everybody keeps calling for Excellence - excellence not just in schooling, throughout society. But as soon as somebody or something stands out as Excellent,…

— Jacques Barzun

Bernard Shaw remains the only model we have of what the citizen of a democracy should be: an informed participant in all things we…

— Jacques Barzun

The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity.

— Jacques Barzun

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

— Jacques Barzun

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

— Jacques Barzun

The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.

— Jacques Barzun

Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with…

— Jacques Barzun

By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.

— Jacques Barzun