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If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Been Civilization Female Grass Had Hands Hut Left Living Still Would

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High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Back Dependency Fire Fling Flood Forces Gross Harsh High Lovely Mysterious Nature Our Primal Reveal Romanticism Shows Still Struggle Survival Us You

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Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Capitalism Emancipation Ended Hereditary Living Most Raised Standard Weaknesses Women World

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It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: America Behavior Capitalist Career Choice Dress Freedom Had History Independent Independent Woman Modern More Never Orientation Produced Regard Sexual Woman Women

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Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special effects overkill. She leaves little space in them for emotional depth or unscripted rapport with the audience.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Artistic Audience Catchy Concerts Depth Effects Emotional Her Leaves Little Madonna Pop Pop Song Produce Rapport She Since Song Space Special Special Effects Still Them Vocabulary 1990S

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There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Because Female Jack Mozart

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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

Topics: Attention Dominant Men Prove Sex Sort Stuff Woman Worthy

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Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Adoption Anyone Art Artistic Busy Fashion Gym Her Horseback Madonna Merchandising Most Motivating Performer Planet Primary Principle Remains Riding Say Self-Development Seriously She Study Too Visible Well Would

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Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that the most flexible, dynamic, inquisitive minds among my students have been industrial design majors. Industrial designers are bracingly free of ideology and cant. The industrial designer is trained to be a clear-eyed observer of the commercial world - which, like it or not, is modern reality.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Among Been Cant Commercial Design Designer Designers Dynamic Flexible Free Ideology Industrial Inquisitive Like Majors Minds Modern Most Noticed Observer Over Past Reality Students Trained Which World Years

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Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Ambitious Boy Career Certainly Classes Considered Discussion Duality Economics Education Every Girl Home Longer Marriage Motherhood Now Option Primary Reactionary Return Shop Simplistic Virtually Want Wood

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 2nd, 1947

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