Philosophy Quote by José Ortega y Gasset — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“On the Bigotry of Culture:”

“El buen lector es que tiene casi constantemente la impresión de que no se ha enterado bien.”

“And if one loves me for my judgement, memory, he does not love”

“Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility?”

“the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.”

“The necessity of reform mustn’t be allowed to become a form of blackmail serving to limit, reduce, or halt the exercise of criticism. Under no circumstances should one pay attention to those who tell one: “Don’t criticize, since you’re not capable of carrying out a reform.” That’s ministerial cabinet talk. Critique doesn’t have to be the premise of a deduction that concludes, “this, then, is what needs to be done.” It should be an instrument for those for who fight, those who resist and refuse what is. Its use should be in processes of conflict and confrontation, essays in refusal. It doesn’t have to lay down the law for the law. It isn’t a stage in a programming. It is a challenge directed to what is.”

“BLACK AND WHITE”

“We know that the destruction of an ideal does not necessarily produce a truth, but only one more piece of ignorance; it is the extension of our ‘empty space,’ an increase in our ‘waste.”