Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

In art, never try to find out anything, or try to learn anything until the not knowing it has come to be a nuisance to you for some time. Then you will remember it, but not otherwise. Let knowledge importune you before you will hear it. Our schools and universities go on the precisely opposite system.


Agonising - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part VII - On the Making of Music, Pictures, and Books


In art, never try to find out anything, or try to learn anything until the not knowing it has come to be a nuisance to you for some time. Then you...

In art, never try to find out anything, or try to learn anything until the not knowing it has come to be a nuisance to you for some time. Then you...

In art, never try to find out anything, or try to learn anything until the not knowing it has come to be a nuisance to you for some time. Then you...

In art, never try to find out anything, or try to learn anything until the not knowing it has come to be a nuisance to you for some time. Then you...