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Quotes from No Laughing Matter — Angus Wilson

1913–1991 England

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6 quotes

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

Life can't be put on paper in all its complexity.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

The roots of art and play lie very close together.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

But you mustn't be too sane, darlings. It really won't do in this family.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

Between Margaret's fine-edged art and Gladys's rough simplicity, where did the greater feminine solace lie? True art, after all, is simple.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Angus Wilson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.