What did Russell Lynes mean by: Don’t let you mind wander – it’s far too small to be let out on its own. Russell Lynes Writer · USA Copy
+ Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn’t have given you worse advice. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Authenticity, Conformity, Identity, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
+ Clutter is what happens to things when they become useless but friendly. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Attachment, Inevitable, Sentimentality, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
+ For all its flexibility, television is more a mirror of taste than a shaper of it. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Influence, Reflection, Taste, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
+ Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Creativity, Critique, Writing, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
+ Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Comparison, Insult, Stupidity, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
+ No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Acceptance, Creativity, Publication, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
+ The Art Snob will stand back from a picture at some distance, his head cocked slightly to one side Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Criticism, Elitism, Perspective, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
+ In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Russell Lynes, Critique, Taste, 0 Russell Lynes Writer · USA
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France