Quote of the Day (Cyril Connolly, on Why ‘Writing is a More Impure Art Than Music or Painting’)

“Writing is a more impure art than music or painting. It is an art, but it is also the medium in which millions of inartistic people express themselves, describe their work, sell their goods, justify their conduct, propagate their ideas. It is the vehicle of all business and propaganda.” — English essayist, novelist, and editor Cyril Connolly (1903-1974), Enemies of Promise (1938)