Creative Quotations from . . .
George Jean Nathan
(1882-1958) born on
Feb 14
US "editor, critic". "He was known for writing on contemporary theater; co-founded and edited "American Mercury," 1924-30."
 
   
F
A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to."

R
Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.
A
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
N
Hollywood is ten million dollars worth of intricate and high ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin on baloney.
K
"So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Reader's Digest, 3/1/1971"
R:
A: "Testament of a Critic.""
N: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
K: "Theatre Arts," Jul 58"



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