Raymond Chandler Quote

The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount [of art], it has merely increased
the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced and packaged.


The Chandler Collection: Pearls are a nuisance ; Smart-aleck kill ; Killer in the rain (ed. 1983)


The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount [of art], it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced...

The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount [of art], it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced...

The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount [of art], it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced...

The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount [of art], it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced...