Charles Tomlinson Quotes

United Kingdom, Poet
January 8, 1927 – August, 22, 2015.

Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (8 January 1927 – 22 August 2015) was a British poet, translator, academic and illustrator. He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

False zeal is every day bringing true zeal into disrepute.

Charles Tomlinson
- True
- False
- Zeal
The boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn.

Charles Tomlinson
- Roaring
- Oak
- Acorn

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 . . .

Charles Tomlinson
- Style
- Moving
- Wrong
The cool blade Severs between coolness, apple-rind Compelling a recognition.

Charles Tomlinson
To many men, moderate success is only another aspect of failure.

Charles Tomlinson
- Men
- Success
- Failure
There are portraits and still-lifes And the first, because 'human' Does not excel the second

Charles Tomlinson
- Portraits
- Still-lifes
The world does not end tonight And the fruit that we will pick tomorrow Await us, weighing the unstripped bough.

Charles Tomlinson
- World
- Tomorrow
- Fruit
In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.

Charles Tomlinson
- Men
- Success
- Failure