"In science, read by preference the newest works.……" — Amy Lowell

Related Quotes

• In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. — Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
• In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first… — Italo Calvino
• Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But… — C.S. Lewis
• Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we… — Italo Calvino
• Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics. — Magnus Carlsen
• Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different, — Wendy Lesser
• If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not… — C.S. Lewis
• When a new book is published, read an old one. — Samuel Rogers
• I say, don't read the classics - try to discover your own classics; every life has its own. — Rudolf Flesch