Classics Quotes

154 quotes by 142 authors

I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel… — Robert Graves
When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase. — Linda Grant
I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning… — Tim Blake Nelson
The Classics are those books which constitute a treasured experience for those who have read and loved them; but they remain just as rich an… — Italo Calvino
Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually… — Italo Calvino
My mum is great for keeping hold of old classics - pieces of clothing that never age and never go out of fashion. — Amber Le Bon
I do love the provocative side of my collection, but I also like the classics - the simpler skirts and the sweater sets and the… — Thom Browne
As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of… — F. Sionil Jose
I like to mix British classics, like a great trench, with fun vintage pieces I find in New York. L.A. style is often very relaxed… — Harley Viera-Newton
Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure. — Robert Gottlieb
Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends. — Tabatha Coffey
Somerset desperately needs more high-end music making on its doorstep, so the chance to share great music spanning genres as diverse as orchestral classics, trip… — Charles Hazlewood
When I tour with the new album, I still do the classics, and I love the atmosphere it creates with the whole audience singing along. — Bonnie Tyler
People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of… — Kage Baker
I loved every minute of my three years majoring in classics at Berkeley. — Caroline Lawrence
Hallmark makes beautiful films that feel as if they should be watched in a theater. The Hall family knows the power of stories, and they… — Luanne Rice
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. — Amy Lowell
Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here introducing… — Arthur Machen
Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism… — Trofim Lysenko
The type of music I like to sing is really those classic songs, those Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, classics. — Jacob Lusk

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