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Lionel Trilling quotes

American Critic July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975

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Lionel Trilling quote: "The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal."
The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal. Lionel Trilling
Lionel Trilling quote: "Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is..."
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. Lionel Trilling
Lionel Trilling quote: "Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary..."
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. Lionel Trilling
Lionel Trilling quote: "We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our..."
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. Lionel Trilling
Lionel Trilling quote: "The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget..."
The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. Lionel Trilling
Lionel Trilling quote: "Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it..."
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect. Lionel Trilling
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process. Lionel Trilling
Lionel Trilling quote: "The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the..."
The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy. Lionel Trilling

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