Charles Tomlinson Quotes

• The boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn.

  Charles Tomlinson

  Garden, Roaring, Acorns

  Charles Tomlinson (1997). “Selected Poems: 1955-1997”, p.80, New Directions Publishing

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• False zeal is every day bringing true zeal into disrepute.

  Charles Tomlinson

  Zeal

  Charles Tomlinson (1887). “Essays, Old and New”

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• There are portraits and still-lifes
  And the first, because 'human'
  Does not excel the second

  Charles Tomlinson

  Art, Perception, Portraits

  Charles Tomlinson (1997). “Selected Poems: 1955-1997”, p.16, New Directions Publishing

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• The cool blade
  Severs between coolness, apple-rind
  Compelling a recognition.

  Charles Tomlinson

  Knives, Apples, Fruit

  Charles Tomlinson (1997). “Selected Poems: 1955-1997”, p.16, New Directions Publishing

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• In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.

  Charles Tomlinson

  Failure, Men, Complaining

  Charles Tomlinson (1887). “Essays, Old and New”

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• Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with the question of style . . .

  Charles Tomlinson

  Country, Moving, Style

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• To many men, moderate success is only another aspect of failure.

  Charles Tomlinson

  Failure, Men, Aspect

  Charles Tomlinson (1887). “Essays, Old and New”

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