Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Contempt Quotes

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

Action is character.

Action is character.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...