#dullness

Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into the freedom and infinitude of an ideal. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#poetry #freedom

No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#critics #degree #determination #dullness #fascinating

Imagine a world full of Elizabeth Wakefields,' Lila said. 'Could you imagine a duller, more predictable place? I think I’d go crazy. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#sweet-valley #imagination

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor. ↗

— Charles Churchill

#him #marked #mayor #prudent

It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#bad-writing #dullness #humor #writing #age

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#ever #gentle #joke #loves

The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#dullness #image #only #the only thing #thing

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#bad one #dullness #excellence #good #good sign