Quotes by Denis Dutton

About Denis Dutton:

Denis Laurence Dutton was a philosopher of art, web entrepreneur, and media activist. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was also a co-founder and co-editor of the websites Arts & Letters Daily, ClimateDebateDaily.com, and cybereditions.com.
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Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you.

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Beauty is nature’s way of acting at a distance.

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It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hal...

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I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says it is - is on the run. Of course, beauty does arise in a cultural context. No one ever denies that. But there's also a natural re...

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I try to figure out - intellectually, philosophically, psychologically - what the experience of beauty is.

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My parents were in the book business, my brothers still run the Dutton bookstores in Los Angeles, and I've been interested in editing books and journals all of my life.

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I have seen journals with good financial backing and editorial support die because they looked so bad nobody wanted to publish them.

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It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire of established reader interests.

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Author Bio

  • NameDenis Dutton
  • DescriptionProfessor and philosopher
  • BornFebruary 9, 1944
  • DiedDecember 28, 2010
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhilosopher