The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.
QUOTATION:
The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.
ATTRIBUTION:
Northrop Frye (b. 1912–1991), Canadian literary critic. “Mythical Phase: Symbol as Archetype,” Anatomy of Criticism (1957).
Source: www.bartleby.com
No comments:
Post a Comment