Imperial Academy

Imperial Academy may refer to:

  • The Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg.
  • The Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow (old name).
  • The former Imperial Military Academy in St Petersburg.
  • The Imperial Academy of Music in Vienna, now the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
  • The Imperial Academy of Arts in Vienna, now the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
  • The Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy.
  • The Guozijian, the highest institution of learning in pre-modern China.
  • The fictional Imperial Academy in the Star Wars series.

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or academy:

    “The imperial votaress passed on,
    In maiden meditation, fancy-free.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike—and I don’t think there really is a distinction between the two—are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.”
    —Harold Bloom (b. 1930)