Quote#World
No great height is reached when it is said of you that you are a…
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)
No great height is reached when it is said of you that you are a master of expression. What matters is what you have to say. Is your message big enough for humanity, or is it a reflex of your narrowness and petty prejudice? (October 11th)
— Art Young
More from Art Young
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)
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.
every town should have an art gallery for the people. (September 11th)
Literature and art ought to make people soul hungry. (September 4th)
Hardly a day goes by that the problem of duty to myself-versus duty to others does not arise. (September 29th)