High-class kitsch may well be "perfect" in its form and and composition: the academic painters were often masters of their craft. Thus,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Indeed, some kitsch seems to be flawed by its very perfection, its technical virtuosity and its precise execution, its explicit knowledge of… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
High kitsch, whatever else may be said of it, cannot be openly dismissed as cheap. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The trumped-up charges against kitsch and sentimentality should disturb us and make us suspicious. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“[W]hat we also see in sex is a kind of submissiveness. But not a kind of submissiveness which is simply 'do what you like,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“We choose our friends on the basis of, among other things, our conception of ourselves. That's not to say that friendship is narcissistic, it… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Trust and the ability to identify trustworthiness are not the same thing, although trust and trustworthiness are logically linked. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche says very clearly all the way through his career that if you want to define human nature the first thing you must say… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Building trust begins with an appreciation and understanding of trust, but it also requires practice and practices. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
