Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things. — Roger Scruton
The two most potent post-war orthodoxies–socialist politics and modernist art–have at least — Roger Scruton
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, — Roger Scruton
Fantasy consists in a morbid fascination with unrealities, which secretly transforms itself — Roger Scruton
Something of the child’s pure delight in creation survives in every true work of art. — Roger Scruton