Russell Lynes
Russell Lynes
Russell Lyneswas an American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth2 December 1910
CountryUnited States of America
Russell Lynes quotes about
goal higher people snob true
The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon
writing editing edited
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.
honesty accepting candor
It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
wise cool-status agree
I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.
wise facts assumption
Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you.
taste guarded estimation
In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.
mirrors taste television
For all its flexibility, television is more a mirror of taste than a shaper of it.
friendly useless possession
Clutter is what happens to things when they become useless but friendly.
names gone today
The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.
teaching men self
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether he is advertising man or editor or writer, for self-respect.
sympathy real heart
Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions of unfortunates who through misfortune, misguidedness or pure stupidity live anywhere else in the world.
wise insult old-you
I'd love to ask how old you are, but unfortunately I know you can't count that high.
wise insults-you brain
Brains aren't everything. In fact in your case they're nothing.
play games camouflage
Camouflage is a game we all like to play