All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It’s fun, and it’s fun because it’s hard.
Charles Eliot Norton Quotes
Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Charles Eliot Norton Quotes: Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it..."
| Birth: | 16th November, 1827 |
| Death: | 21st October, 1908 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Critic, Professor |
About
Charles Eliot Norton was a leading American author, social critic, and professor of art. He was a progressive social reformer and a liberal activist whom many of his contemporaries considered the most cultivated man in the United States.
Share with your friends