We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health. Lionel Trilling healthideaill Change image and share on social
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief. Lionel Trilling artdisbelieflife Change image and share on social
The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. Lionel Trilling barometerforgetpart Change image and share on social
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process. Lionel Trilling accusecarryend share on social
It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it. Lionel Trilling badnessconditionconsent Change image and share on social
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect. Lionel Trilling actblameculture Change image and share on social
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. Lionel Trilling equalliberalpoor Change image and share on social
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. Lionel Trilling artistimitateimmature Change image and share on social
We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. Lionel Trilling anarchisticauthoritariancynical Change image and share on social
