Author: George Jean Nathan

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It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

- George Jean Nathan

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

- George Jean Nathan

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

- George Jean Nathan

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

- George Jean Nathan

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

- George Jean Nathan

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

- George Jean Nathan

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

- George Jean Nathan

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

- George Jean Nathan

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

- George Jean Nathan

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