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If he has illuminated the dark and serious subject with a suspicion of fun-it is meant to convey the hope he feels for all sinners like himself, that some relief of a slightly humorous nature may be found even in Hell.

— Art Young Through Hell with Hiprah Hunt (1901)

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A good illustrator may draw from models but knows how to forget them.

Art Young: His Life and Times (1939)

Journalism today is for the most part gentlemanly and decorous, in so far as the relations among newspapers in the big cities are concerned.

Art Young: His Life and Times (1939)

With more and more governments, however crude and experimental, dedicated to industrial democracy and universal brotherhood, the era of peace and joy in living will come on earth.

Art Young: His Life and Times (1939)

Usually politics was my theme, varied now and then, on an off day, by some travesty on prevailing fads.

Art Young: His Life and Times (1939)

The flaring hoop-skirt had had its day, but complete coverage was still the fashion, woman's form being left to one's imagination.

Art Young: His Life and Times (1939)

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

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