Showing posts with label Kenneth Clark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kenneth Clark. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 October 2014

The Power Of The Word

Authoritarian governments don't like dictionaries.
They live by lies and by bamboozling abstractions.
They can't afford to have words accurately defined.
 — Kenneth Clark

Friday, 26 August 2011

The Emotional Subtext Of Music

Anything too silly to be said can be sung.
— George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman, act II