“Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.”
Source: Ways of Seeing (1972), p. 148
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British painter, writer and art critic 1926–2017Related quotes

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)
Context: Socialism cannot exist without a change in consciousness resulting in a new fraternal attitude toward humanity, both at an individual level, within the societies where socialism is being built or has been built, and on a world scale, with regard to all peoples suffering from imperialist oppression.

"Totalitarianism and the Virtue of the Lie", as quoted in Is God Happy? Selected Essays (2013), Basic Books, p. 57

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The Undiscovered Self (1958)
Source: 1960s, Economics As A Moral Science, 1969, p. 12

“Jealousy and envy are the signs of lack of emotional control in your life.”