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

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

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.

- 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

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

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

- George Jean Nathan

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

- 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

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

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