Brooks Atkinson

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital read more

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures read more

The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and read more

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of read more

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.