Camille Paglia
1947
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Biography
Camille Paglia is an American academic and cultural critic known for her provocative writings on feminism, sexuality, and popular culture. Born in 1947, Paglia gained recognition with her first book 'Sexual Personae' in 1990, where she analyzed the influence of art, literature, and culture on the development of Western civilization. She is a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is often cited for her controversial viewpoints that challenge mainstream feminist ideologies.
Famous Quotes (5)
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What is art but a way of seeing?
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In the history of the West, sexual personae are assigned cosmic significance.
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Great art is clear thinking about mixed emotions.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not pass.
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A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.