Ivory Tower Quotes

29 quotes by 29 authors

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. — Billie Joe Armstrong
For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really in it, are… — John Mellencamp
Even ivory towers need central heating. — Breyten Breytenbach
I'm not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so they can identify… — Chuck Jones
The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, manâ€™s cult of beauty. — Anais Nin
Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought. — Francois Gautier
I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I speak… — W. Eugene Smith
Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that… — Paulo Freire
Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory — Benoit Mandelbrot
I don't want to become an ivory tower filmmaker. That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker. I want the largest possible… — Peter Greenaway
Only recently serious research into the relationship between photography and art has taken place. Why has it been so long in coming ? In some… — Aaron Scharf
Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower. — Al Ries
Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages… — Joni Eareckson Tada
Friedmans influence reaches far beyond the academic community and the world of economics. Rather than lock himself in an ivory tower, he has joined the… — William E. Simon
Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing… — Colin Powell
It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory tower developed. Now… — Alberto Manguel
As much as we sometimes roll our eyes at the ivory-tower isolation of universities, they continue to serve as remarkable engines of innovation. — Steven Johnson
An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open. — Walter Darby Bannard
That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed. — Joseph Altuzarra
It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I… — Jodi Picoult

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