Van Wyck Brooks

Van Wyck Brooks: The American mind,...

Van Wyck Brooks: The American mind,...

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, . . . by...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The creative impulses...

Van Wyck Brooks: The creative impulses...

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

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Van Wyck Brooks: Nothing is sadder...

Van Wyck Brooks: Nothing is sadder...

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

Source: A...

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Van Wyck Brooks: As against having...

Van Wyck Brooks: As against having...

As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The man who...

Van Wyck Brooks: The man who...

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

Source: A...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Genius and virtue...

Van Wyck Brooks: Genius and virtue...

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

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Van Wyck Brooks: It is not...

Van Wyck Brooks: It is not...

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Longfellow is to...

Van Wyck Brooks: Longfellow is to...

Longfellow is to poetry what the barrel-organ is to music.

Source: The Flowering of...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Nothing is so...

Van Wyck Brooks: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an Orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people...

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Van Wyck Brooks: No one is...

Van Wyck Brooks: No one is...

No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Those of our...

Van Wyck Brooks: Those of our...

Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Magnanimous people have...

Van Wyck Brooks: Magnanimous people have...

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find...

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Van Wyck Brooks: If men were...

Van Wyck Brooks: If men were...

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the...

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Van Wyck Brooks: People of small...

Van Wyck Brooks: People of small...

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess...

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