Quote#Art
In literature, in art, in life, I think that the only conclusions…
Quote byA. C. Benson · 1862–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From a College Window, Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1906. Quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations, Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 168)..
English (original)
In literature, in art, in life, I think that the only conclusions worth coming to are one's own conclusions . If they march with the verdict of the connoisseurs , so much the better for the connoisseurs ; if they do not so march , so much the better for oneself.
— A. C. Benson
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