Arthur Quiller-Couch
1863 - 1944
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Biography
Arthur Quiller-Couch, known as 'Q,' was an English writer and literary critic. He was born in 1863 in Cornwall, England. Quiller-Couch was a prolific author, writing novels, short stories, and poetry, often under the pseudonym 'Q.' He was also a noted editor and compiled several anthologies of English literature. Quiller-Couch held the prestigious position of the King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
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If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
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It is a solemn thought: dead, the artist goes agile and eloquent through space, while the book, the picture, sits dumb in its corner.
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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How quick the hand of Art, the artificer, knots and unknots the threads of fate!