One must be in London to see the spring

Quote byGeorge Moore · 1852–1933

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Memoirs of My Dead Life (1906), Ch. 1: Spring in London.

English (original)

One must be in London to see the spring.

— George Moore

The public will accept a masterpiece, but it will not accept an attempt to write a masterpiece.

He must put his shoulder to the wheel and get it right; one more push, that was all that was wanted.

Acting is therefore the lowest of the arts, if it is an art at all.

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

I have always noticed that when a fellow wants to finish a play, the only way to do it is to go away to the country and leave no address.

Faith goes out of the window when beauty comes in at the door.