Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, -...

No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, -...

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion,...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion,...