Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Carl Van Doren
Born: September 10, 1885
Died: July 18, 1950 (aged 64)
Bio: Carl Clinton Van Doren was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.
Known for:
- The great rehearsal
- Benjamin Franklin
- American scriptures
- The American novel, 1789-1939 (1921)
- Contemporary American novelists, 1900-1920 (1921)
Carl Van Doren Quotes