Failure Quotes by Charles Tomlinson

To many men, moderate success is only another aspect of failure.

— Charles Tomlinson

Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with…

— Charles Tomlinson

“The world does not end tonight And the fruit that we will pick tomorrow Await us, weighing the unstripped bough.”

— Charles Tomlinson

The boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn.

— Charles Tomlinson

In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.

— Charles Tomlinson

There are portraits and still-lifes And the first, because 'human' Does not excel the second

— Charles Tomlinson

False zeal is every day bringing true zeal into disrepute.

— Charles Tomlinson

The cool blade Severs between coolness, apple-rind Compelling a recognition.

— Charles Tomlinson