A classic is classic not because it …
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain…
After all, one knows one’s weak points …
After all, one knows one’s weak points so well, that it’s rather bewildering to have…
Another unsettling element in modern art is …
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of…
Art is on the side of the …
Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic…
Habit is necessary; it is the habit …
Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into…
How much longer are we going to …
How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be ”American” before (or…
I have never known a novel that …
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite…
I wonder, among all the tangles of …
I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots…
If only we’d stop trying to be …
If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.…
In spite of illness, in spite even …
In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive…
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom …
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a…
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the …
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing…