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Edmund Wilson Quotes

No two persons ever read the same book Picture Quote #1

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart Picture Quote #1

No two people read the same book Picture Quote #1

I think with my right hand Picture Quote #1

If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes Picture Quote #1

It may be that there is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income Picture Quote #1

What a beautiful world it would be if people had hearts like dogs

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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why

Every work of art is a trick by which the artist manipulates appearances Picture Quote #1

Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night Picture Quote #1

Education, the last hope of the liberal in all periods Picture Quote #1

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income Picture Quote #1

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society Picture Quote #1

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine Picture Quote #1

And then you meet one person and your life changes forever

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When I first saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals Picture Quote #1

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind Picture Quote #1

In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice Picture Quote #1

One didn’t really believe till one saw it demonstrated that giving oneself up completely to art, to emotion, to enjoyment, without planning for the future or counting the cost, produced dreadful disabilities and bankruptcies later Picture Quote #1

I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated conversation, gaiety: the uninhibited exchange of ideas Picture Quote #1

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient Picture Quote #1

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about Picture Quote #1

In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution Picture Quote #1

The most immoral and disgraceful and dangerous thing that anybody can do in the arts is knowingly to feed back to the public its own ignorance and cheap tastes Picture Quote #1

If I could only remember that the days were not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart Picture Quote #1

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship Picture Quote #1

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No two persons ever read the same book (Edmund Wilson Quotes) If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart. (Edmund Wilson Quotes) No two people read the same book (Edmund Wilson Quotes) I think with my right hand (Edmund Wilson Quotes) If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes (Edmund Wilson Quotes) It may be that there is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income (Edmund Wilson Quotes) Every work of art is a trick by which the artist manipulates appearances (Edmund Wilson Quotes) Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night (Edmund Wilson Quotes) Education, the last hope of the liberal in all periods (Edmund Wilson Quotes) There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income (Edmund Wilson Quotes) The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society (Edmund Wilson Quotes) Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine (Edmund Wilson Quotes) Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals (Edmund Wilson Quotes) I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind (Edmund Wilson Quotes) In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice (Edmund Wilson Quotes) One didn’t really believe till one saw it demonstrated that giving oneself up completely to art, to emotion, to enjoyment, without planning for the future or counting the cost, produced dreadful disabilities and bankruptcies later (Edmund Wilson Quotes) I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated conversation, gaiety: the uninhibited exchange of ideas (Edmund Wilson Quotes) Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient (Edmund Wilson Quotes) I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about (Edmund Wilson Quotes) In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution (Edmund Wilson Quotes) The most immoral and disgraceful and dangerous thing that anybody can do in the arts is knowingly to feed back to the public its own ignorance and cheap tastes (Edmund Wilson Quotes) If I could only remember that the days were not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart (Edmund Wilson Quotes) His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship (Edmund Wilson Quotes)