18 Quotes by Margaret Anderson

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.

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.

I was feeling a bit nervous until I came along today. But now I'm looking forward to the shows so much.

I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.

We just felt like what we were doing would be appreciated by someone else. We've enjoyed it, but it's nice to pass it on and not just put it away in a drawer somewhere.

They've gone to the trouble to try to educate people that there is a cultural taboo there,

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Self-preservation is the first responsibility.