British Academy/secretaries of The British Academy 1902%e2%80%93present

Famous quotes containing the words british and/or academy:

    “His work was that curious mixture of bad painting and good intentions that always entitles a man to be called a representative British artist.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike—and I don’t think there really is a distinction between the two—are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.”
    —Harold Bloom (b. 1930)