Jane Smiley Quote

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.


Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel (2005)


Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.