6 Quotes & Sayings By John Erskine

John Erskine is an Architectural Historian, Author, and Preservationist. He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and received his Master’s Degree in Historic Preservation at New York University. His books include The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (an AIA book) and two volumes on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West: The Domestic Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (a BSI book). He has lectured at numerous universities and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Phoenix.

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It is fatal to suppose the great writer was too wise or too profound for us ever to understand him; to think of art so is not to praise but to murder it, for the next step after that tribute will be neglect of the masterpiece. John Erskine
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Whenever we read a book we love, we change it, to some extent. We read into it our own interpretations, and the meanings which the words have taken on in our time. If a book is so rigid that it cannot lend itself to these fluctuations, it is useful only while it seems strictly true, and afterwards it is completely out of date. John Erskine
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Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine
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Temperance is the control of all the functions of our bodies. The man who refuses liquor goes in for apple pie and develops a paunch is no ethical leader for me. John Erskine
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There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. John Erskine