Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. – Rebecca West
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. – Rebecca West
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. – Rebecca West
Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West