H. L. Mencken Quote

The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be.


Prejudices: First Series (1919)


The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be.

The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be.

The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be.

The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be.