"It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief"
- Lionel Trilling
About this Quote
This quote by Lionel Trilling suggests that in life, we must want to suspend our disbelief in order to accept certain truths. This suggests that we should want to accept things that might not hold true or sensible, however are essential for us to progress. This might be in the form of accepting a tight spot, or thinking in something that we can not show. Trilling is suggesting that life is often more intricate than art, and that we must want to accept specific things in order to progress. This quote encourages us to be unbiased and to accept that life is not constantly logical or easy, but that we need to want to suspend our disbelief in order to progress.
This quote is written / told by Lionel Trilling between July 4, 1905 and November 5, 1975. He/she was a famous Critic from USA.
The author also have 18 other quotes.
"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"
