Margaret Anderson

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had read more

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't read more

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.