Quotes about Literature and Time

Most literature everywhere and of every time is bad. Votes: 2

Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Votes: 2

There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they don't. Votes: 2

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time. Votes: 2

By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature. Votes: 2

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics. Votes: 2

Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being. Votes: 2

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made. Votes: 2

All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a healing quality - a quality that enlarges our human spirits. Votes: 2

The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature. Votes: 2

I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was really inspired by all those guys. That's when writing became a primary focus. Votes: 2

In general, literature is a natural adversary of totalitarianism. Tyrannical governments all view literature in the same way: as their enemy. I lived for a long time in a totalitarian state, and I know firsthand that horror. Votes: 2

During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful. Votes: 2

I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself. Votes: 2

I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of literature, then I jump to philosophy and at the same time I'm reading biographies of Mahler. Votes: 2

I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture. Votes: 2

Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history - as befits a former law professor - and he has shown time and again a surprising interest in contemporary fiction. Votes: 2

I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that's been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come. Votes: 2

Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers. Votes: 2

I'm not a good writer, and I don't care. Unfortunately, after I left college, I didn't have time much for literature. I wish I did. Most of the time I read documents, and that's not going to help your writing. But I'm a very logical writer, and you can't get out of me. Once I've nailed you, you're finished. Votes: 2

I have been aspiring to write some sort of literature for a long time. Votes: 0

Life is a rich literature. We are only writing the history of our time. Votes: 0

Any experience, which is not written, will be lost in time. Rich literature is lost forever. Votes: 0

Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor. Votes: 0

That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems. Votes: 0

Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor." Votes: 0

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance. Votes: 0

The phrase I like to use to describe my sense of time-a play on comparative literature-is comparative time. Votes: 0

We're not in love with Literature all the time - especially when you have to teach it every day. Votes: 0

I often say I've spent more time with photography than I have with literature just in terms of hours. Votes: 0

All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove. Votes: 0

In our time, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children are the only hope, the only refuge. Votes: 0

Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth. Votes: 0

Creed and opinion change with time, and their symbols perish; but Literature and its temples are sacred to all creeds and inviolate. Votes: 0

One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature. Votes: 0

...with each new book of mine I have always the feeling that this time I have picked a lemon in the garden of literature. Votes: 0

Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value. Votes: 0

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level. Votes: 0

I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete idiot at this time. Votes: 0

Fake realism is the escapist literature of our time. And probably the ultimate escapist reading is that masterpiece of total unreality, the daily stock market report. Votes: 0

Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time. Votes: 0

I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate lots of meanings and translations. Votes: 0

I don't go to concerts much. I've heard everything. When I do go to movies, I walk out half the time. As for literature, I've read everything. Votes: 0

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which makes me suspect that we hear too much of it in literature. Votes: 0

Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to read a funny book. Votes: 0

Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the time period depicted in the story. Votes: 0

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer. Votes: 0

I long ago abandoned myself to a blind lust for the written word. Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build my forts and castles, spend glorious time. Votes: 0