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Camille Paglia
(2 Apr 1947 - )
American author and critic.
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Science Quotes by Camille Paglia (4 quotes)
Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.
— Camille Paglia
'Alice in Muscle Land,' Boston Globe (27 Jan 1991). Reprinted in Sex, Art, and American Culture (1992), 82.
Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt.
— Camille Paglia
In Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), 5.
Science is a method of logical analysis of nature’s operations. It has lessened human anxiety about the cosmos by demonstrating the materiality of nature’s forces, and their frequent predictability.
— Camille Paglia
In Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), 5.
Western science is a product of the Apollonian mind: its hope is that by naming and classification, by the cold light of intellect, archaic night can be pushed back and defeated.
— Camille Paglia
In Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), 5.
See also:
- Camille Paglia - context of quote “Modern bodybuilding…awash in Western chemistry…Defying nature, it surpasses it” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Camille Paglia - context of quote “Modern bodybuilding…awash in Western chemistry…Defying nature, it surpasses it” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Camille Paglia - context of quote “Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Camille Paglia - context of quote “Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt” - Large image (800 x 600 px)