Best Roger Scruton Quotes
- Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair. Cause
- When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment Breed
- A philosophy that begins in doubt assails what no-one believes, and invites us to nothing believable Assails
- If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it. Architecture
- Art once made a cult of beauty. Now we have a cult of ugliness instead. This has made art into an elaborate joke, one which… Art
- Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it. Artist
- The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda. Agenda
- Something of the child's pure delight in creation survives in every true work of art. Art
- Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and… Able
- The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language. Another Language
- Nothing is more useful than the useless. Funny
- Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for… Amplify
- In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry,… Absence
- Like adverts, today's works of art aim to create a brand, even if they have no product to sell except themselves. Adverts
- Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated. Boring
- Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things. Ability
- In our democratic culture people often think it is threatening to judge another person's taste. Some are even offended by the suggestion that there is… Bad
- The consolation of imaginary things is not imaginary consolation. Consolation
- A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t. All
- Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent. Aesthetic
- It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their… Assumption
- Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet… Affect