Quotes by Beardsley, Aubrey

In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors >>

No language is rude that can boast polite writers. >>

Quotations about Literature

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the >>

People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with >>

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated >>

In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, a lack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit?

Beardsley, Aubrey