"The amateur is very rare in French literature……" — Lytton Strachey

The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as… - Lytton Strachey

"The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own."

— Lytton Strachey

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28 Quotes by Lytton Strachey

Lytton Strachey has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a…
If this is dying, I don't think much of it.
Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.
The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into…
It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.
Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is…
The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with…
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar…
How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely…
Though, with the ascendancy of Louis, the political power of the nobles finally came to an end, France remained, in…
English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure…
But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet…

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More Amateur Quotes

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A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. — Ben Affleck
I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. — Paul Cezanne
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. — Chuck Close
My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to… — Sam Abell
It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer… — Arthur Harry Church
There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has… — Brooks Atkinson
Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development… — Marshall McLuhan
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. — Charles Richet
As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who… — Alfred Stieglitz

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