Quote#Wisdom
I can look back . . . at two distinct periods of opinion whose…
Quote byH. P. Lovecraft · 1890–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to August Derleth (1929), quoted in "H.P. Lovecraft, a Life" by S.T. Joshi, p. 307.
English (original)
I can look back . . . at two distinct periods of opinion whose foundations I have successively come to distrust—a period before 1919 or so, when the weight of classic authority unduly influenced me, and another period from 1919 to about 1925, when I placed too high a value on the elements of revolt, florid colour, and emotional extravagance or intensity.
— H. P. Lovecraft
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