"I had rather be called a journalist than…" — H.G. Wells

"I had rather be called a journalist than an artist."

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294 Quotes by H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells has 294 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Why had we come to the moon? The thing presented itself to me as a perplexing problem. What is this…
I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher…
Is it any wonder that to this day this Galilean is too much for our small hearts?
You cannot imagine the craving for rest that I feel-a hunger and thirst. For six long days, since my work…
He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.
I had just taken to reading. I had just discovered the art of leaving my body to sit impassive in…
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and…
We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable.
We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an…
Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election.
The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his…
Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

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More Art Quotes

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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for… — Aristotle
I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in… — Billie Joe Armstrong
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,… — Karen Armstrong
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your… — Arthur Ashe
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov

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