“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.”
Source: The Code of the Woosters (1938)
“Shakespeare, far from being careless about grammar, could depart from it in any direction only because he had first mastered it as a structure.”
Pedro Henríquez Ureña, p. 777
Essays and reviews, Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time (2007)
Context: There is a consoling mythology, constantly being added to, which would have us believe that genius operates beyond donkey work. Thus we are told reassuringly that Einstein was no better at arithmetic than we are; that Mozart gaily broke the rules of composition while jotting down a stream of black dots without even looking; and that Shakespeare didn't care about grammar. Superficially, there are facts to lend substance to these illusions. But illusions they remain. There is always some autistic child in India who can speak in prime numbers, but that doesn't mean Einstein couldn't add up; Mozart would not have been able to break the rules in an interesting way unless he was able to keep them if required; and Shakespeare, far from being careless about grammar, could depart from it in any direction only because he had first mastered it as a structure.
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Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator an… 1939–2019Related quotes
Dream Days (1898), The Reluctant Dragon
Context: Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking; but the specially nice thing about a banquet is, that it comes when something's over, and there's nothing more to worry about, and to-morrow seems a long way off. St George was happy because there had been a fight and he hadn't had to kill anybody; for he didn't really like killing, though he generally had to do it. The dragon was happy because there had been a fight, and so far from being hurt in it he had won popularity and a sure footing in society. The Boy was happy because there had been a fight, and in spite of it all his two friends were on the best of terms. And all the others were happy because there had been a fight, and — well, they didn't require any other reasons for their happiness.
Source: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“Anxiety increases in direct ratio and proportion as man departs from God.”
Fulton J. Sheen
(1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 2, p. 19
George Perle
(1915–2009) American composer
Page 98
See: Common practice period, Twelve-tone technique
The Listening Composer
Robertson Davies
(1913–1995) Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist
Shakespeare over the Port (1960)
Lucy Stone
(1818–1893) American abolitionist and suffragist
The Progress of Fifty Years (1893)
Context: The press, many-tongued, surpassed itself in reproaches upon these women who had so far departed from their sphere as to speak in public. But, with anointed lips and a consecration which put even life itself at stake, these peerless women pursued the even tenor of their way, saying to their opponents only: "Woe is me, if I preach not this gospel of freedom for the slave." Over all came the melody of Whittier's "When woman's heart is breaking Shall woman's voice be hushed? "
