To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.


Selected Literary Essays (1942)


To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.