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WRITERS > editor, satirist > H L Mencken
The truth is,...
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The truth is, as every one knows, that the great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -- that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense -- has ever painted a picture worth looking at. . .
Source: Prejudices, The Blushful Mystery: Art and Sex (First Series, 1919).
-- H L Mencken, (Sep 12 1880-1956), US editor, satirist; He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in The American Mercury, 1924-33.