Leon Botstein

At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.

— Leon Botstein

Learning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a…

— Leon Botstein

No scientist, engineer, writer, psychologist, artist, or physician - and certainly no scholar, and therefore no serious university faculty member - pursues…

— Leon Botstein

Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generation’s level of knowledge and sense of values.

— Leon Botstein

I know nothing about this subject, but I do have prejudices, which I am more than happy to share with you.

— Leon Botstein

If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.

— Leon Botstein