A Quote by Camille Paglia

What has been forgotten is that there were major intellectual breakthroughs in the 1960s, thanks to North American writers of an older generation. There was a rupture in continuity, since most young people influenced by those breakthroughs did not enter the professions.

Camille Paglia

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Camille Paglia
American - Author
Born: April 2, 1947

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