Edward Lucie-Smith Quotes

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It's ten years since I heard, and
Then one day a letter comes.
It's neutral stuff, until I
Delve into the envelope
Again and find your photo,
Handsome still, and not a line
To tell me why you sent it.

Edward Lucie-Smith

My uncle [mother's brother] wrote rather twee books of memoirs in the period between the two World Wars. They'd be deeply embarrassing to read today. In the 19th century my mother's family were involved with the Pre-Raphaelites, and a direct ancestor of mine was Lady Byron's lawyer, who advised her to leave the poet because of her husband's affair with his half-sister. A much earlier ancestor on my mother's side was chaplain to Richard Corbet, Bishop of Oxford, who wrote the poem 'Farewell Rewards and Fairies'. In his 'Brief Lives' Aubrey describes them getting drunk together in the cellars of Christchurch, Oxford.

Edward Lucie-Smith

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the true work of art is that it is able to both contain and express different meanings - meanings which may in fact contradict each other.

Edward Lucie-Smith

Edward Lucie-Smith

Edward Lucie-Smith

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Born: February 27, 1933

Died: July 11, 2026 (aged 93)

Bio: John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith, known as Edward Lucie-Smith, was a British writer, poet, art critic, curator, broadcaster and author of exhibition catalogues.

Known for:

Art today (1977)
Movements in art since 1945 (1969)
Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1984)
The Glory of Angels (2009)
Adam the Male Figure In Art (1998)

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