--- title: "15 Read Classics Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Read Classics quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Read Classics sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/graham-potter-11701_book_i-d-read-a-classics-book-on-the-bus-when_1413349.jpg" --- > [I'd read a classics book on the bus when I was at York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-potter/i-d-read-a-classics-book-on-the-bus-when-i-was-at-york/) [Graham Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-potter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/graham-potter-11701_book_i-d-read-a-classics-book-on-the-bus-when_1413349.jpg) > [I say, don't read the classics - try to discover your own classics; every life has its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-flesch/i-say-don-t-read-the-classics-try-to-discover-your-own-classics-every/) [Rudolf Flesch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-flesch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/rudolf-flesch-45044_books_i-say-don-t-read-the-classics-try-to-dis_1406526.png) > [I went to the Sorbonne in Paris for two years and read all the classics by authors like Victor Hugo and Guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prue-leith/i-went-to-the-sorbonne-in-paris-for-two-years-and-read-all-the/) [Prue Leith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prue-leith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/prue-leith-5008_books_i-went-to-the-sorbonne-in-paris-for-two_447750.jpg) > [“If the spark doesn't come, that's a pity; but we do not read the classics out of duty or respect, but only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/if-the-spark-doesn-t-come-that-s-a-pity-but-we-do-not-read-the/) [Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/italo-calvino-402_classics_if-the-spark-doesn-t-come-that-s-a-pity_770954.jpg) > [“Melville's example demonstrates the wisdom of waiting to read the classics. Coming to a great book on your own after having accumulated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/melville-s-example-demonstrates-the-wisdom-of-waiting-to-read-the/) [Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/nathaniel-philbrick-9218_books_melville-s-example-demonstrates-the-wisd_542433.jpg) > [“He read the classics, the French and the German among others, but primarily the Russian, which enchanted him with their heavy patience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tove-jansson/he-read-the-classics-the-french-and-the-german-among-others-but/) [Tove Jansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tove-jansson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/569/tove-jansson-1846_patience_he-read-the-classics-the-french-and-the_344209.jpg) > [I often lament that new picture books don't get read because the classics hold up so well. It's a ridiculous complaint because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-serle/i-often-lament-that-new-picture-books-don-t-get-read-because-the/) [Rebecca Serle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-serle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/rebecca-serle-4076_books_i-often-lament-that-new-picture-books-do_1464981.jpg) > [It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they've never read the classics, things we read as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/it-amazes-me-when-i-talk-to-people-in-their-early-20s-and-they-ve/) [Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/madonna-ciccone-401_children_it-amazes-me-when-i-talk-to-people-in-th_2329018.png) > [Read the classics one hour every day, drunk or sober. Reading the classics gives one a feeling of confidence. It familiarizes one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-haynes/read-the-classics-one-hour-every-day-drunk-or-sober-reading-the/) [Richard Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-haynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/richard-haynes-272646_art_read-the-classics-one-hour-every-day-dru_2085797.jpg) > [Your library teacher would say, "What happens to a generation that doesn't read the Classics?" Me, I'm not your library teacher. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/your-library-teacher-would-say-what-happens-to-a-generation-that/) [Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/saul-williams-3868_concern_your-library-teacher-would-say-what-happ_491883.png) > [In my class - in all fifth-grade classes - we were required to read 'classics,' books like 'Shiloh,' which is about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marley-dias/in-my-class-in-all-fifth-grade-classes-we-were-required-to-read/) [Marley Dias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marley-dias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/marley-dias-10090_book_in-my-class-in-all-fifth-grade-classes-w_764565.jpg) > [“If you love the language, the greatest thing you can do to ensure its survival is not to complain about bad usage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-macneil/if-you-love-the-language-the-greatest-thing-you-can-do-to-ensure-its/) [Robert MacNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-macneil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/robert-macneil-25522_children_if-you-love-the-language-the-greatest-th_635158.png) > [At times, parents foist their own choices on kids and try to get them to read the classics. But kids have very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-subramanian/at-times-parents-foist-their-own-choices-on-kids-and-try-to-get-them/) [Ravi Subramanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-subramanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/ravi-subramanian-5634_books_at-times-parents-foist-their-own-choices_3217044.jpg) > [And what would happen if we never read the classics? There comes a point in life, it seems to me, where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/and-what-would-happen-if-we-never-read-the-classics-there-comes-a/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/nick-hornby-325_book_and-what-would-happen-if-we-never-read-t_1320464.jpg) > [“What are we after when we open one of those books? What is it that makes a classic a classic? ... in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-flesch/what-are-we-after-when-we-open-one-of-those-books-what-is-it-that/) [Rudolf Flesch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-flesch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/rudolf-flesch-45044_book_what-are-we-after-when-we-open-one-of-th_691851.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/read-classics/#itemlist", "name": "Read Classics Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd read a classics book on the bus when I was at York.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Graham Potter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-potter/i-d-read-a-classics-book-on-the-bus-when-i-was-at-york/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/graham-potter-11701_book_i-d-read-a-classics-book-on-the-bus-when_1413349.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/graham-potter-11701_book_i-d-read-a-classics-book-on-the-bus-when_1413349.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/graham-potter-11701_book_i-d-read-a-classics-book-on-the-bus-when_1413349.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd read a classics book on the bus when I was at York.” — Graham Potter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I say, don't read the classics - try to discover your own classics; every life has its own.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rudolf Flesch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-flesch/i-say-don-t-read-the-classics-try-to-discover-your-own-classics-every/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/rudolf-flesch-45044_books_i-say-don-t-read-the-classics-try-to-dis_1406526.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/rudolf-flesch-45044_books_i-say-don-t-read-the-classics-try-to-dis_1406526.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/rudolf-flesch-45044_books_i-say-don-t-read-the-classics-try-to-dis_1406526.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I say, don't read the classics - try to discover your own classics; every life has its own.” — Rudolf Flesch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I went to the Sorbonne in Paris for two years and read all the classics by authors like Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant. 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But kids have very high filters and don't take to it. At other times, parents simply don't know what books to select for their children and end up giving books that aren't appropriate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ravi Subramanian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-subramanian/at-times-parents-foist-their-own-choices-on-kids-and-try-to-get-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/ravi-subramanian-5634_books_at-times-parents-foist-their-own-choices_3217044.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/ravi-subramanian-5634_books_at-times-parents-foist-their-own-choices_3217044.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/ravi-subramanian-5634_books_at-times-parents-foist-their-own-choices_3217044.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At times, parents foist their own choices on kids and try to get them to read the classics. 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