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Edward Gorey Quotes

1925–2000 United States

Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator known for his darkly comic, pen-and-ink picture books.

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"One scarcely knows to whom to complain."

"Ideally, if anything were any good, it would be indescribable."

"I think style chooses you... if I could choose, I would write like Jane Austen and I would draw like Rembrandt."

"I used to maintain that if it couldn't be put into words it didn't exist; if anything I believe rather the opposite now."

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