Academicism Quotes

#1. Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art and academicism.

Werner Herzog

#2. It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

Mark Rothko

#3. This is the great vice of academicism, that it is concerned with ideas rather than with thinking.

Lionel Trilling

#4. Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise.

Pope Boniface VIII

#5. I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.'

Tommy Cooper

#6. Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors.

Derek Jacobi

#7. We must work with the Australians, the South Koreans, the Japanese and the Filipinos to contain China. And then we must ask for their support and their help with North Korea. Because believe it or not, China is as concerned about Kim Jong-Un as we are.

Carly Fiorina

#8. Each morning needs to start with a good sweat. I'm either working out at home or on set, depending on my call time.

Shemar Moore