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Arthur Quiller-Couch Biography

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Arthur Quiller-Couch was a British writer, literary critic, and educator, born on November 21, 1863, and died on May 12, 1944. He is known for his profound insights into literature and his guidance to young writers.

Humility

Author:Arthur Quiller-Couch

“we may prate of democracy, but actually, a poor child in England has little more hope than had the son of an Athenian slave to be emancipated into that intellectual freedom of which great writings are born”

England Intellect Inequality

Book:On the Art of Writing

Source: On the Art of Writing

“The real tragedy of the library at Alexandria was not that the incendiaries burned immensely, but that they had neither the leisure nor the taste to discriminate.”

Knowledge Q Library Of Alexandria

Book:On The Art of Reading

Source: On The Art of Reading

“O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat.”

Heart Quiet Beats England Green Psalms

Author:Arthur Quiller-Couch

“You can see the meaning of the statement that "Literature is a living art" most easily and clearly, perhaps, by contrasting Science and Art at their two extremes - say Pure Mathematics and Acting. Science as a rule deals with things, Art with man's thought and emotion about things.”

Men Art Two Literature Deals Acting Emotion Pure Mathematics Extremes Statements Art And Science Thoughts And Emotions Two Extremes

Author:Arthur Quiller-Couch

“If your language is confused, your intellect, if not your whole character, will almost certainly correspond.”

Ifs Whole Character Language Intellect Confused

Author:Arthur Quiller-Couch

“Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.”

Feels Writing Whole Pieces Fine Murder Presses Crafts Impulse Darling Manuscripts Great Writing Art Of Writing

Author:Arthur Quiller-Couch

“We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve.”

Mistake Watches Discovery Experiments There Is Hope

Book:On The Art of Reading

Source: On The Art of Reading

“I am mistaken if a single epigram included fails to preserve at least some faint thrill of the emotion through which it had to pass before the Muse's lips let it fall, with however exquisite deliberation.”

Ifs Fall Emotion Failing Lips Preserves Muse Mistaken Thrill Exquisite Epigrams Deliberation

Author:Arthur Quiller-Couch

About the Author

Born: November 21, 1863
Died: May 12, 1944
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 9

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