“ The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny. Camille Paglia
“ We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen… Camille Paglia
“ The only road to freedom is self-education in art. Art is not a luxury for any advancedcivilization; it is a necessity, without which creative intelligence will wither and die. Evenin economically tro… Camille Paglia
“ Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist rhetoric, which portr… Camille Paglia
“ Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed - farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There's a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor - the discipline, the call to action. Camille Paglia
“ My advice, as in everything, is to read widely and think for yourself We need more dissent and less dogma. Camille Paglia
“ Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up. Camille Paglia
“ Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention. Camille Paglia
“ Video games and YouTube.com are creatively booming, even though Web design, as demonstrated by the ugly clutter of most major news sites, is in the pits. Camille Paglia
“ Beauty is our weapon against nature by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature. Camille Paglia
“ Gay men are guardians of the masculine impulse. To have anonymous sex in a dark alleyway is to pay homage to the dream of male freedom. The unknown stranger is a wandering pagan god. The altar, as in… Camille Paglia
“ Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior? Camille Paglia
“ Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman. Camille Paglia
“ It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design. Camille Paglia
“ All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once! Camille Paglia
