Quote#Time
Is it not wrong for intelligent, creative men to exercise the…
Quote byArt Young · 1866–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On My Way: Being the Book of Art Young in Text and Picture (1928).
English (original)
is it not wrong for intelligent, creative men to exercise the humorous faculties of their minds, every day, all of the time, year in and year out? I would say that it is brain-abuse. (October 16th)
— Art Young
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No day passes that one does not hark back to the personalities and events of yesteryear. (September 17th)
most people are artists and dreamers in their youth, but their talent and appreciation for art are destroyed by continual application to business and the duty of getting on. (September 11)
every town should have an art gallery for the people. (September 11th)
Literature and art ought to make people soul hungry. (September 4th)
If he has illuminated the dark and serious subject with a suspicion of fun-it is meant to convey the hope he feels for all sinners like himself, that some relief of a slightly humorous nature may be found even in Hell.
Hardly a day goes by that the problem of duty to myself-versus duty to others does not arise. (September 29th)