Robert Wilson Lynd Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: April 20, 1879 - October 6, 1949
Birthday: April 20
Death: October 6
When one has praised Turgenev, however, for the beauty of his character and the beautiful truth of his art, one remembers that he, too, was human and therefore less than perfect. His chief failing was, perhaps, that of all the great artists, he was the most lacking in exuberance. That is why he began to be scorned in a world which rated exuberance higher than beauty or love or pity.
topic: Beautiful, Art, Character, Scorned
