Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Charles Tomlinson.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE was an English poet, translator, academic, and illustrator.
He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with the question of style . . .
The cool blade
Severs between coolness, apple-rind
Compelling a recognition.
The boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn.
To many men, moderate success is only another aspect of failure.
There are portraits and still-lifes
And the first, because 'human'
Does not excel the second
In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.
False zeal is every day bringing true zeal into disrepute.