Facts about Robert Graves

Occup.Novelist
FromIreland
BornJuly 26, 1895
DiedDecember 7, 1985
Aged90 years

Summary

Robert Graves was a famous Novelist from Ireland, who lived between July 26, 1895 and December 7, 1985. He/she became 90 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative. Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Robert, under the main topic Marriage.

15 Famous quotes by Robert Graves

Small: What we now call finance is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love
"What we now call "finance" is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love"
Small: To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession
"To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession"
Small: Theres no money in poetry, but then theres no poetry in money, either
"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either"
Small: The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who s
"The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good"
Small: Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat
"Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat"
Small: One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different co
"One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors"
Small: Never use the word audience. The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wro
"Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time"
Small: Marriage, like money, is still with us and, like money, progressively devalued
"Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued"
Small: In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained
"In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained"
Small: If theres no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money
"If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money"
Small: If I were a girl, Id despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them
"If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them"
Small: Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers
"Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers"
Small: Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists though their field-work among primit
"Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science"
Small: A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and
"A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure"
Small: A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say
"A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good"