Brooks Atkinson Quotes

Real art is illumination . . . it adds stature to life.

I have no objection to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work.

church

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.

critics

Writing is an artificial activity.  It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation.

writing

Travel is broadening' particularly where Ihe food and drink are good. Bui the journey home is an exultant occasion.

Travel

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past.  Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

the past new year

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.

camera

Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation.

conversation writing