Loading...
ARTISTS
BUSINESS
CLASSICAL
DRAMATISTS
ENTERTAINERS
GOVERNMENT
HEALTH
LAW & HISTORY
MILITARY
NOVELISTS
PHILOSOPHY
REFORMERS
SPORTS
TECH & SCIENCE
WRITERS A-H
WRITERS I-Z
FRANK's Components of Creativity
Click Here for more quotes from this famous person
In Ireland they try to make a cat cleanly by rubbing its nose in its own filth. Mr. Joyce has tried the same treatment on the human subject. I hope it may prove successful.
Source: Letter, 10 Oct. 1921, to Joyce's publisher (published in Letters of James Joyce, vol. 3, 1966). Shaw, commenting on Ulysses, called it a revolting record of a disgusting phase of civilisation; but it-- George Bernard Shaw, (Jul 26 1856-1950), Irish dramatist, critic; He is generally recognized as the best dramatist since Shakespeare; promoted social reform with drama of ideas.
(C)2024 Quotable Success - All Rights Reserved.
