You cannot own a symphony or a novel in the way you can own a Damien Hirst. As a result there are far fewer fake symphonies or fake novels than there are fake works of visual art. Roger Scruton Read Quote
Perhaps the world of art is just one vast pretence, in which we all take part since, after all, there is no real cost to it, except to those like Charles Saatchi, rich enough to splash out on junk? Roger Scruton Read Quote
In art it is always as though the question is what the work of art is really about. Roger Scruton Read Quote
In mathematics and science we solve our problems as well as create them. But in art and philosophy things are not so simple. Roger Scruton Read Quote
What makes us human is that we ask questions. All the animals have interests, instincts and conceptions. All the animals frame for themselves an idea of the world in which they live. But we alone question our surroundings. Roger Scruton Read Quote
It’s right to flog a dead horse sometimes, when the previous flogging has not annihilated it. Roger Scruton Read Quote
America is the one place where you can talk of ‘this nation’ and everyone knows exactly what you think. People put a flag on their porch, and they do have a desire to localize everything and celebrate things locally. Roger Scruton Read Quote
No, I don’t think I’ve ever really favoured English independence. My view is that if the Scots want to be independent then we should aim for the same thing. Roger Scruton Read Quote
The Scottish desire for independence is, to some extent, a fabrication. They want to identify themselves as Scots but still to be part of a, to enjoy the subsidy they get from being part of the kingdom. Roger Scruton Read Quote
It is scarcely a mark of intellectual profundity to have noticed that our society is big. Roger Scruton Read Quote
