M. Forster
M. Forster
war mean self
There is fascism , leading only into the blackness which it has chosen as its symbol, into smartness and yapping out of orders,and self-righteous brutality, into social as well as international war. It means change without hope. Our immediate duty- in that tinkering which is the only useful form of action in our leaky old tub-our immediate duty is to stop it.
book night fire
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
victory aristocracy chaos
There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
writing thinking literature
How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
art men creative
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
book reading writing
One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
history emotion certain
One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.
liking-someone literature reason
Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.
practice literature life-is
Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.
thinking criticism literature
Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
death men ideas
Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
stars night hills
At the moment they vanished they were everywhere, the cool benediction of the night descended, the stars sparkled, and the whole universe was a hill.
poetry together literature
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
art perfect facts
The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.