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F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes about art
Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Artistic temperament is like a king with vigor and unlimited opportunity. You shake the structure to pieces by playing with it.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Art isn’t meaningless… It is in itself. It isn’t in that it tries to make life less so.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
I could never be a Communist. I could never be regimented. I could never be told what to write.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
I’ll drink your champagne. I’ll drink every drop of it, I don’t care if it kills me.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby Girls
In the morning you were never violently sorry– you made no resolutions, but if you had overdone it and your heart was slightly out of order, you went on the wagon for a few days without saying anything about it, and waited until an accumulation of nervous boredom projected you into another party.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Short Stories
I wish I had done everything on earth with you
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
A writer must find his own grain, way, bent. …He aspires to create new and original works. His way is alone. If he succumbs to ideologies, he turns into a mouthpiece. He must hang on to his identity for dear life. In the end he must rely on his own judgment. It’s the only way to survive as a writer and an artist.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is all. It’s been very rare to have known you, very strange and wonderful. But this wouldn’t do – and wouldn’t last.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
Never miss a party…good for the nerves–like celery.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby Girls
The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
One o’ clock. With her fork she would tantalize the heart of an adoring artichoke, while her escort served himself up in the thick, dripping sentences of an enraptured man. Four o’clock: her little feet moving to melody, her face distinct in the crowd, her partner happy as a petted puppy and mad as the immemorial hatter…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
There was a kindliness about intoxication – there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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