Author: Robertson Davies

Quotes

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

- Robertson Davies

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.

- Robertson Davies

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.

- Robertson Davies

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

- Robertson Davies

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.

- Robertson Davies

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

- Robertson Davies

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

- Robertson Davies

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

- Robertson Davies

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

- Robertson Davies

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