The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. (Harold Rosenberg)

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.

Harold Rosenberg

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