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I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.
Camille Paglia
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Camille Paglia
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 2
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Camille Anna Paglia
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It's so tiring to make love to women, it takes forever. I'm too lazy to be a lesbian.
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We will never get great art from women if their education exposes them only to the second-rate and if the idea of greatness itself is denied. Greatness is not a white male trick. Every important world civilization has defined its artistic tradition in elitist terms of distinction and excellence.
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When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.
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We should teach general ethics to both men and women, but sexual relationships themselves must not be policed. Sex, like the city streets, would be risk-free only in totalitarian regimes.
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