#academic

At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time. ↗

— Ralph Allen

#among #art #artists #best #contrary

By that time I was hooked on a career in academic research instead of one in the pharmaceutical industry that I had originally considered in deciding to get a PhD. ↗

— Paul Berg

#career #considered #deciding #get #had

But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

#because #days #did #discourse #either

Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that. ↗

— Michael McKean

#avoid #becoming #just #me #people

I couldn't fight, and I wasn't particularly interested in the academic. So I started doing satiric bits in the school bathroom. Guys would cut class to come and see me. ↗

— Freddie Prinze

#bathroom #bits #class #come #cut

A genius is someone who takes a complex thing and makes it look simple. An academic does the opposite. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#genius #thought #genius

As an academic, this was not the lifestyle I had planned for myself. Now I see myself everywhere. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#everywhere #had #i #i see #lifestyle

The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#consider #evil #generally #inventors #people

I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#always #been #carry #go #i

There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#archaeology #collector #earliest #example #finding