Books Quote by Rudolf Flesch

I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

— Magnus Carlsen

The Classics are those books which constitute a treasured experience for those who have read and loved them; but they remain just as rich…

— Italo Calvino

I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason. I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we…

— Italo Calvino

The ideas of the classics, so far as living, are our commonplaces. It is the modern books that give us the latest and most…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Not everybody has things that become classics.

— Gary Wright

“1 )Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when…

— Italo Calvino

Most of the literary classics are worth reading, if you've nothing better to do.

— Edward Abbey

“Classics aren't books that are read for pleasure. Classics are books that are imposed on unwilling students, books that are subjected to analyses of…

— Alexei Panshin

A classic is a classic for a reason. Let's try to create new classics. The idea of repeating ourselves drives me a little crazy.

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Really important books to me are the classics. I try very hard to read them well - you know, especially once I got serious…

— Karl Marlantes