It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches. Robert M. Hutchins
We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg’s great invention had been directed at printing only comic books. Robert M Hutchins
Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes…different points of view. Robert M Hutchins
It has been said that we have not had the three R’s in America, we had the six R’s: remedial readin’, remedial ‘ritin’ and remedial ‘rithmetic. Robert M Hutchins
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism. Robert M Hutchins
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. Robert M Hutchins
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. Robert M Hutchins
To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect. Robert M Hutchins
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching – without these a university cannot exist. Robert M Hutchins
Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness. Robert M Hutchinson