“Prig and philistine, Ph.D. and C.P.A., despot of English 218c and big shot of the Kiwanis Club-how much, at bottom, they both hate Art, and how hard it is to know which of them hates it the more.” KnowsArtHardBigsHateCultureShotsBottomClubsDespotsPhilistinesBig Shots Author:Louis Kronenberger
“We are neurotically haunted today by the imminence, and by the ignominy, of failure. We know at how frightening a cost one succeeds: to fail is something too awful to think about.” ThinkingKnowsTodayFailingFailureCostSucceedAwfulFrighteningIgnominy Author:Louis Kronenberger
“Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.” KnowsWorstDetailsBoringEducatedBores Author:Louis Kronenberger
