When I was an undergraduate at Princeton, freshman year, first term, I ended up in the course on Plato's Republic. That book just captivated me - not because of the answers, and the answers can be somewhat unsatisfying, but because of the questions, the way you went at it, the methods, the kinds of questions you could ask, the different answers you could get. That's why I'm still fascinated by that book.
More Quotes from William Scott:
We all teach students a massive body of material to get some sort of mastery of it, pass a judgement, and defend it.William Scott
On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting.
William Scott
Wait a minute I'm not interested in agriculture. I want the military stuff. During a briefing military stuff in which officials began telling him about missile silos.
William Scott
I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.
William Scott
The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did.
William Scott
You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much.
William Scott
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Books Quotes, Democracy QuotesBased on Keywords: captivated, platos, unsatisfying
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
I never saw myself as being ambitious, I saw myself as being in love with the profession. I'm a people person. I love to get to know different kinds of people.
Jack Kelley
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
Carl Sandburg