It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness. Roger Scruton More Quotes by Roger Scruton More Quotes From Roger Scruton The pageant of a former hour, Is Beauty in the Grave. Roger Scruton pageant hours beauty In the attacks on the old ways of doing things on word in particular came into currency. That word was "kitsch." Once introduced, the word stuck. Whatever you do, it musn't be kitsch. This became the first precept of the modernist artist in every medium. Roger Scruton kitsch artist way There is a sort of mystery to kitsch. When did it begin? If it is just simply another name for faking emotions, it ought to have been a permanent part of the human condition. Roger Scruton kitsch emotion names In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry, but the kind of art that creates a whole world in itself and in that world we see ourselves reflected and see our religious life perfected. Roger Scruton redemption religious art Something of the child's pure delight in creation survives in every true work of art. Roger Scruton delight children art Nothing is more useful than the useless. Roger Scruton useless
