“The first effect of modernism was to make high culture difficult: to surround beauty with a wall of erudition.” FirstsCultureDifficultEffectsWallSurroundModernismErudition Book:Modern Culture Source: Modern Culture
“I'm fundamentally, I think, an outsider. I do my best work and feel most braced with my back to the wall. It's an odd feeling though, writing aginst the current: difficult entirely to disregard the current. Yet of course I shall.” ThinkingFeelsWritingFeelingsCoursesDifficultWallCurrentsOddOutsidersBest WorkDisregard Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)