Gelett Burgess
Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, he is best known as a writer of nonsense verse. He was the author of the popular Goops books, and he invented the blurb.
Read more about Gelett Burgess: Early Life, Cogswell Fountain Incident, The Lark and Its Descendants, New York, France, Later Life, The Goops and Other Works, Legacy, Works
Famous quotes by gelett burgess:
“I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;”
—Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
“Love is only chatter,
Friends are all that matter.”
—Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
“To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.”
—Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
“I’d rather see than be one.”
—Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)