There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.
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Nationality: British Type: Mathematician Born: February 7, 1877 Death: December 1, 1947 |
“I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.”
“But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.”