George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathanwas an American drama critic and editor. He worked closely with H.L. Mencken, bringing the literary magazine The Smart Set to prominence as an editor, and co-founding and editing The American Mercury and The American Spectator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth14 February 1882
CountryUnited States of America
writing play age
Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve.
fashion clothes loyal-and-faithful
The most loyal and faithful woman indulges her imagination in a hypothetical liaison whenever she dons a new street frock for the first time.
men may comfort
A man may be said to love most truly that woman in whose company he can feel drowsy in comfort.
drama adventure soul
Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul.
wise artist mind
It may be said that artist and censor differ in this wise: that the first is a decent mind in an indecent body and that the second is an indecent mind in a decent body.
dog stars spring
A poet, any real poet, is simply an alchemist who transmutes his cynicism regarding human beings into an optimism regarding the moon, the stars, the heavens, and the flowers, to say nothing of Spring, love, and dogs.
night play theatre
Opening Night: The night before the play is ready to open.
eye men important
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
believe optimism literature
An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.
art sex imagination
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
success work stress
A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
people common-sense worry
Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.
life wisdom crazy
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.
funny real humor
The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.