Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. -Claude Mckay

 

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.


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This quote is just one of 5 total Claude Mckay quotes in our collection. Claude Mckay is known for saying 'Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.' as well as some of the following quotes.

I know the dark delight of being strange,/ The penalty of difference in the crowd,/ The loneliness of wisdom among fools . . .

Claude Mckay

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

Claude Mckay

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

Claude Mckay

Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,/ And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,/ Stealing my breath of life, I will confess/ I love this cultured hell that tests my youth!

Claude Mckay