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I believe that a work of art, like metaphors in language, can ask the most serious, difficult questions in a way which really makes the readers answer for themselves; that the work of art far more than an essay or a tract involves the reader, challenges him directly and brings him into the argument.

~George Steiner

Topics: Answer Argument Art Ask Believe Brings Challenges Difficult Directly Essay Far Him Involves Language Like Makes Metaphors More Most Questions Reader Readers Really Serious Than Themselves Tract Way Which Work I Believe I Believe That

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Central to everything I am and believe and have written is my astonishment, naive as it seems to people, that you can use human speech both to bless, to love, to build, to forgive and also to torture, to hate, to destroy and to annihilate.

~George Steiner

Topics: Also Am Astonishment Believe Bless Both Build Central Destroy Everything Forgive Hate Human Love Naive People Seems Speech To Love Torture Use Written You I Am

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I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs.

~George Steiner

Topics: Absolutely Affairs Convinced Hope Human Human Affairs Moment Much Prospect Realistic Sorry Very

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It took 10 months for me to learn to tie a lace; I must have howled with rage and frustration. But one day I could tie my laces. That no one can take from you. I profoundly distrust the pedagogy of ease.

~George Steiner

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I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest.

~George Steiner

Topics: Early Learned Means Priest Rabbi Teacher

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: April 23rd, 1929

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