“ Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process. Kenneth Clark
“ We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion just as affectively as by bombs. Kenneth Clark
“ We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion just as effectively as by bombs. Kenneth Clark
“ I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I… Kenneth Clark
“ In the early twelfth century century the Virgin had been the supreme protectress of civilisation. She had taught a race of tough and ruthless barbarians the virtues of tenderness and compassion. The g… Kenneth Clark
“ What happened? It took Gibbon six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, so I shan’t embark on that. But thinking about this almost incredible episode does tell one something ab… Kenneth Clark
“ It would be unfair to say that I prefer the back of a book to its contents, but it is true that the sight of a lot of books gives me the hope that I may some day read them, which sometimes develops in… Kenneth Clark
