By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.


The Quotable Chesterton: A Topical Compilation of the Wit, Wisdom and Satire of G.K. Chesterton (ed. 1986)

G. K. Chesterton Quotes

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless ...

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless ...

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless ...

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless ...