Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennettwas an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1867
firsts unexpected planning
A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
justice publicity eternity
The price of Justice is eternal publicity.
money littles amusing
Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.
creativity artist soul
To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.
character taste bad-taste
Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.
wise tea may
The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.
funny high-heels suffering
A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.
music wisdom dope
Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate.
knowledge learning soul
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.
time procrastination next-week
We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.
memories casting-off use
Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as it were, for the first time.
tests firsts calling
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it.
change moving-on life-changing
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
positive happiness attitude
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.