Quotes by Gill, Eric

Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron >>

Catholics are necessarily at war with this age. That we are not more c >>

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word. >>

Quotations about Culture

Culture is one thing and varnish is another. >>

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem >>

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the sup >>

Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building -- like Tower Bridge -- or a classical front put on a steel frame -- like the Daily Telegraph building in Fleet Street. Culture, if it is to be a real thing and a holy thing, must be the product of what we actually do for a living -- not something added, like sugar on a pill.

Gill, Eric