Quote#Truth
I don't mind tinkling a little in this Bedlam called popularity, but…
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)
I don't mind tinkling a little in this Bedlam called popularity, but my real desire is to ring true-as nearly true as I can get. I have always believed in my star, that light to live and create, and to express myself in pictures of simplicity and strength. (October 1st)
— Art Young
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every town should have an art gallery for the people. (September 11th)
No day passes that one does not hark back to the personalities and events of yesteryear. (September 17th)
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.
Literature and art ought to make people soul hungry. (September 4th)
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)
Hardly a day goes by that the problem of duty to myself-versus duty to others does not arise. (September 29th)