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> [No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/no-art-that-is-not-in-the-end-understood-by-the-people-can-live-or/)

[Frank Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-norris/)

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## More by Frank Norris

> [“If I were to name the one crying evil of American life, Mr. Derrick, it would be the indifference of the better people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/if-i-were-to-name-the-one-crying-evil-of-american-life-mr-derrick-it/)

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> [“Wait till you see-at the same time that your family is dying for lack of bread-a hundred thousand acres of wheat-millions of bushels of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/wait-till-you-see-at-the-same-time-that-your-family-is-dying-for-lack/)

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> [“Believe this, young man," exclaimed Shelgrim, layinga thick powerful forefinger on the table to emphasize his words, "try to believe this - to begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/believe-this-young-man-exclaimed-shelgrim-layinga-thick-powerful/)

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> [“A literature that cannot be vulgarized is no literature at all and will perish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/a-literature-that-cannot-be-vulgarized-is-no-literature-at-all-and/)

[Frank Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-norris/)

> [ \[The Muse of our Fiction of the future\] will lead you - if you are humble and honest with her - straight into a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/the-muse-of-our-fiction-of-the-future-will-lead-you-if-you-are-humble/)

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> [Always blame conditions, not men](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/always-blame-conditions-not-men/)

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> [Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/evil-is-short-lived-never-judge-of-the-whole-round-of-life-by-the/)

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> [No one to love, none to caress, Left all alone in this world's wilderness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/no-one-to-love-none-to-caress-left-all-alone-in-this-world-s/)

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> [Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/fancy-a-novel-about-chicago-or-buffalo-let-us-say-or-nashville/)

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> [“Goo'-by, ole Bill, by-by. There you go, an' the signal o' distress roun' you, H. B. 'I'm in need of assistance.' Lord, here comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/goo-by-ole-bill-by-by-there-you-go-an-the-signal-o-distress-roun-you/)

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> [Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/things-can-happen-in-some-cities-and-the-tale-of-them-will-be/)

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> [“It belonged to the changeless order of things---the man desiring the woman only for what she withholds; the woman worshipping the man for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/it-belonged-to-the-changeless-order-of-things-the-man-desiring-the/)

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> [“He strove for the diapason, the great song that should embrace in itself a whole epoch, a complete era, the voice of an entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/he-strove-for-the-diapason-the-great-song-that-should-embrace-in/)

[Frank Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-norris/)

> [No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/no-art-that-is-not-in-the-end-understood-by-the-people-can-live-or/)

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> [The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/the-function-of-the-novelist-is-to-comment-upon-life-as-he-sees-it/)

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