“my credo is very short. Its first article is art - and its second is art - and its third is art!” Quote by Mary Augusta Ward
“A victim to certain obscure forms of gout, he was in character neither stupid, nor inhuman, but he suffered from the usual drawbacks of his class, - too much money, and too few ideas.” IdeasCharacterFormCertainClassToo MuchStupidVictimUsualObscureInhumanDrawbacksGout Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“I regard the whole university system as a wretched sham. Knowledge! It has no more to do with knowledge than my boots.” WholeEducationRegardUniversityBootsWretched Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“There is a tyrannical element in all fanaticism, an element which makes opposition a torment.” ElementsOppositionTormentFanaticism Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“City of rest! - as it seems to our modern senses, - how is it possible that so busy, so pitiless and covetous a life as history shows us, should have gone to the making and the fashioning of Venice!” ShouldShowsSeemsCitiesGoneModernShould HaveBusySensesVenice Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“To reconceive the Christ! It is the special task of our age.” AgeJesusChristSpecialJesus ChristTasks Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“The only thing which can keep journalism alive - journalism, which is born of the moment, serves the moment, and, as a rule, dies with the moment - is - again the Stevensonian secret! - charm.” MomentsDiesBornSecretAliveJournalismCharm Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“We enjoy the great prophets of literature most when we have not yet lived enough to realize all they tell us.” EnoughLiteratureEnjoyRealizingProphet Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“Other trades may fail. The agitator is always sure of his market.” MayFailingTradeMischief Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“The delight in natural things - colors, forms, scents - when there was nothing to restrain or hamper it, has often been a kind of intoxication, in which thought and consciousness seemed suspended.” KindFormNatureNaturalConsciousnessColorDelightScentSuspendedIntoxicationNatural ThingsHamper Author:Mary Augusta Ward