Quote by Cyril Connolly
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. – Cyril Connolly

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As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. – Cyril Connolly

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Art holds fast when all else is lost. – German Proverb

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