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Great Literature Quotes

He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to Picture Quote #1

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal Picture Quote #1

There will still be things that machines cannot do. They will not produce great art or great literature or great philosophy; they will not be able to discover the secret springs of happiness in the human heart; they will know nothing of love and friendship Picture Quote #1

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree Picture Quote #1

In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought Picture Quote #1

One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature Picture Quote #1

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We enjoy the great prophets of literature most when we have not yet lived enough to realize all they tell us Picture Quote #1

Small presses take chances. Chances are at the heart of all the literature we later know as great Picture Quote #1

In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself Picture Quote #1

Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil Picture Quote #1

This is a great mind at work examining itself. This is where literature comes from Picture Quote #1

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature Picture Quote #1

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There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write Picture Quote #1

The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be a perversion Picture Quote #1

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences Picture Quote #1

In literature only trouble is interesting. It takes trouble to turn the great themes of life into a story: birth, love, sex, work, and death Picture Quote #1

All great popular literature today one day will be seen as great literature and will no longer be seen as popular literature Picture Quote #1

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted Picture Quote #1

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And in down times it shakes a lot of the bad SF out, a lot the stuff that was bought for literary reasons, which is neither entertaining nor great literature Picture Quote #1

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation Picture Quote #1

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote Picture Quote #1

I define influence simply as literary love, tempered by defense. The defenses vary from poet to poet. But the overwhelming presence of love is vital to understanding how great literature works Picture Quote #1

It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born? Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did Picture Quote #1

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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions Picture Quote #1

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He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to (Great Literature Quotes) Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal (Great Literature Quotes) There will still be things that machines cannot do. They will not produce great art or great literature or great philosophy; they will not be able to discover the secret springs of happiness in the human heart; they will know nothing of love and friendship (Great Literature Quotes) Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree (Great Literature Quotes) In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought (Great Literature Quotes) One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature (Great Literature Quotes) We enjoy the great prophets of literature most when we have not yet lived enough to realize all they tell us (Great Literature Quotes) Small presses take chances. Chances are at the heart of all the literature we later know as great (Great Literature Quotes) In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself (Great Literature Quotes) Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil (Great Literature Quotes) This is a great mind at work examining itself. This is where literature comes from (Great Literature Quotes) Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature (Great Literature Quotes) There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write (Great Literature Quotes) The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be a perversion (Great Literature Quotes) I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences (Great Literature Quotes) In literature only trouble is interesting. It takes trouble to turn the great themes of life into a story: birth, love, sex, work, and death (Great Literature Quotes) All great popular literature today one day will be seen as great literature and will no longer be seen as popular literature (Great Literature Quotes) Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted (Great Literature Quotes) And in down times it shakes a lot of the bad SF out, a lot the stuff that was bought for literary reasons, which is neither entertaining nor great literature (Great Literature Quotes) A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation (Great Literature Quotes) What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote (Great Literature Quotes) I define influence simply as literary love, tempered by defense. The defenses vary from poet to poet. But the overwhelming presence of love is vital to understanding how great literature works (Great Literature Quotes) It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born? (Great Literature Quotes) I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did (Great Literature Quotes) Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions (Great Literature Quotes)

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