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Edmund Wilson was a prominent American literary critic and writer of the 20th century. His works spanned various genres including literary criticism, fiction, biography, and prose, and had a profound impact on American literature of the 20th century.

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Famous Edmund Wilson Quotes

“The most immoral and disgraceful and dangerous thing that anybody can do in the arts is knowingly to feed back to the public its own ignorance and cheap tastes.”

Art Can Do Dangerous Ignorance Taste Art Is Entertainment Immoral Dangerous Things Disgraceful

Book:Memoirs of Hecate County

Source: Memoirs of Hecate County

“Every work of art is a trick by which the artist manipulates appearances.”

Art Artist Art Is Appearance Tricks Works Of Art Manipulate

Book:Memoirs of Hecate County

Source: Memoirs of Hecate County

“One didn't really believe till one saw it demonstrated that giving oneself up completely to art, to emotion, to enjoyment, without planning for the future or counting the cost, produced dreadful disabilities and bankruptcies later.”

Giving Believe Art Emotion Saws Cost Oneself Planning Enjoyment Disability Counting Indulgence Bankruptcy Future Plans Counting The Cost

Book:The Edmund Wilson Reader

Source: The Edmund Wilson Reader

About the Author

Born: May 8, 1895
Died: June 12, 1972
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 35

Books & Sources

Memoirs of Hecate CountyRelated source material

Letters on Literature and Politics, 1912-1972Related source material

Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40sRelated source material

The Forties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the PeriodRelated source material

Europe without Baedeker: sketches among the ruins of Italy, Greece and England, together with, Notes from a European diary, 1963-1964Related source material

I Thought of DaisyRelated source material

The Edmund Wilson ReaderRelated source material

The portable Edmund WilsonRelated source material

The shores of light: a literary chronicle of the twenties and thirtiesRelated source material

To the Finland StationRelated source material

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