Famous quotes containing the words publishers, society and/or award:
“Do they [the publishers of Murphy] not understand that if the book is slightly obscure it is because it is a compression and that to compress it further can only make it more obscure?”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.”
—Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974)
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
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