Edmund Wilson Quotes

United States, Journalist
May 8, 1895 – June, 12, 1972.

Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer and critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes. He influenced many American authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose unfinished work he edited for publication. His scheme for a Library of America series of national classic works came to fruition through the efforts of Jason Epstein after Wilson's death.

Also known as Poet, Playwright, Literary Critic, Essayist, Social Critic, Writer

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

Edmund Wilson
- Hollywood
- Corrupts
His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.

Edmund Wilson
- Life
- Style
- Ship

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.

Edmund Wilson
- Heart
- Remember
- House
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

Edmund Wilson
- Small
- Nothing
- Income
Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Edmund Wilson
- Real
- Moral
- Start
No two persons ever read the same book.

Edmund Wilson
- Book
- Same
- Two
Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Edmund Wilson
- Opium
- Marxism
I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

Edmund Wilson
- Kind
- Poet

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that of artistic imagination.

Edmund Wilson
In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.

Edmund Wilson
- Book
- Author
The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

Edmund Wilson
Education, the last hope of the liberal in all periods.

Edmund Wilson
- Hope
- Education