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Climate for Culture
John Gray reflects on the climate needed for culture to thrive, identifying totalitarian regimes as the worst enemies of creativity.
John Gray reflects on the climate needed for culture to thrive, recalling Orson Welles' quote from the film "The Third Man" that despotism in Italy produced the Renaissance whereas democracy in Switzerland produced the cuckoo clock."We know that art can flourish under despots but we're reluctant to admit it: if creativity and tyranny can co-exist, the value of freedom seems diminished."
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Sheila Cook.
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Sun 12 Aug 2012
08:50
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