Indrek Ojam

“Inimesed, kes ei saa teadusest ega kunstist aru, usuvad, et need on kaks kole erinevat asja, millest nad midagi aru ei saa. Nad arvavad, et osutavad teadusele teene, kui lubavad sel olla ilma fantaasiata, ja edendavad kunsti, kui takistavad kõiki sellelt tarkust nõuda. Inimesel võib teatud alal eriline anne olla, kuid ta ei ole selles sugugi andekam, mida andetum on ta on kõikidel muudel aladel. Teadmine kuulub nõndasamuti nagu kunstki inimlikkuse juurde, kui see ka meie pehkinud ühiselus pidi kaua ja sageli läbi ajama nii ühe kui teiseta”
― Bertolt Brecht

“Mis kõige enam lugemist ohustab, on see: lugeja reaalsus, tema isiksus, pretensioonikus ja põikpäisus loetu ees aina iseendaks jääda - inimeseks, kes üldiselt teab, kuidas lugeda. Lugeda luuletust ei tähenda lugeda lihtsalt järjekordset luuletust, see ei tähenda isegi sisenemist luule olemusse selle luuletuse kaudu. Luuletuse lugemine on see luuletus ise, mis ennast lugemises kinnitab.”
― Maurice Blanchot

“World literature is not an object, it’s a problem, and a problem that asks for a new critical method; and no one has ever found a method by just reading more texts”
― Franco Moretti

“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives...
I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it. Suppose any party, in addition to whatever share it may possess of the ability of the community, has nearly the whole of its stupidity, that party must, by the law of its constitution, be the stupidest party; and I do not see why honorable gentlemen should see that position as at all offensive to them, for it ensures their being always an extremely powerful party . . . There is so much dense, solid force in sheer stupidity, that any body of able men with that force pressing behind them may ensure victory in many a struggle, and many a victory the Conservative party has gained through that power."
John Stuart Mill ( British philosopher, economist, and liberal member of Parliament for Westminster from 1865 to 68 )”
― John Stuart Mill