Famous quotes containing the words literary and/or theories:
“The further our civilization advances upon its present lines so much the cheaper sort of thing does “fame” become, especially of the literary sort. This species of “fame” a waggish acquaintance says can be manufactured to order, and sometimes is so manufactured.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)