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> [It’s a curious thing. I suppose most people think of artists as impatient but I don’t know of any first-rate artist who hasn’t manifested in his career an appalling patience, a willingness to wait and to do his best now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/it-s-a-curious-thing-i-suppose-most-people-think-of-artists-as/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

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## More by Mark Van Doren

> [The job of the poet is to render the world-to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/the-job-of-the-poet-is-to-render-the-world-to-see-it-and-report-it/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/the-art-of-teaching-is-the-art-of-assisting-discovery/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/wit-is-the-only-wall-between-us-and-the-dark/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/when-it-aims-to-express-a-love-of-the-world-it-refuses-to-conceal-the/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [The connectedness of things is what the educator contemplates to the limit of his capacity. No human capacity is great enough to permit a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/the-connectedness-of-things-is-what-the-educator-contemplates-to-the/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they are inferior to you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/i-have-always-had-the-greatest-respect-for-students-there-is-nothing/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [“Nothing stays not even change, That can grow tired of it's own name; The very thought too much for it. Somewhere in air a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/nothing-stays-not-even-change-that-can-grow-tired-of-it-s-own-name/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [The genius of the Marx Brothers is for parody. They never are themselves. They exist too abundantly to be content with being that -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/the-genius-of-the-marx-brothers-is-for-parody-they-never-are/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/bring-ideas-in-and-entertain-them-royally-for-one-of-them-may-be-the/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [The literature of the world has exerted its power by being translated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/the-literature-of-the-world-has-exerted-its-power-by-being-translated/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [I love the fall. I love it because of the smells that you speak of; and also because things are dying, things that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/i-love-the-fall-i-love-it-because-of-the-smells-that-you-speak-of-and/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/respect-for-the-truth-is-an-acquired-taste/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [“There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/there-is-one-thing-we-can-do-and-the-happiest-people-are-those-who-do/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/wisdom-before-experience-is-only-words-wisdom-after-experience-is-of/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

> [There is no appeal from the ways of the world, which must continue on its own terms or take us all down with it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-van-doren/there-is-no-appeal-from-the-ways-of-the-world-which-must-continue-on/)

[Mark Van Doren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-van-doren/)

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