Quotes by George Jean Nathan - AI Generated Quotes

George Jean Nathan

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

-George Jean Nathan

anger

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

-George Jean Nathan

art

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

-George Jean Nathan

art

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

-George Jean Nathan

art

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

-George Jean Nathan

art

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

-George Jean Nathan

beauty

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

-George Jean Nathan

friendship

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

-George Jean Nathan

good

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

-George Jean Nathan

great

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

-George Jean Nathan

humor

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

-George Jean Nathan

imagination

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.

-George Jean Nathan

love

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

-George Jean Nathan

love

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

-George Jean Nathan

men

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

-George Jean Nathan

men

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink.

-George Jean Nathan

men

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

-George Jean Nathan

music

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

-George Jean Nathan

patriotism

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

-George Jean Nathan

politics

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

-George Jean Nathan

sad

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

-George Jean Nathan

success

George Jean Nathan

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

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