fitzgerald Quotes

“Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.”

“The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.”

“The only thing better than singing is more singing.”

“Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.”

“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.”

“Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.”

“Forgotten is forgiven.”

“I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.”

“A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.”

“His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.”