Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. – Lionel Trilling
We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. – Lionel Trilling
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. – Lionel Trilling
We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health. – Lionel Trilling
I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words ice queen attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. Theres this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background. – Kristin Scott Thomas