Hugh MacLennan

Quotes by Hugh MacLennan

8 quotes found

Writer · Canadian · 1907–1990

Canadian writer (1907–1990)

Wikipedia

Popular Quotes

“The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.”

“The Ottawa river flows out of Protestant Ontario into Catholic Quebec.”

“A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.”

“An artist has to take life as he finds it. Life by itself is formless wherever it is. Art must give it form.”

“The trouble with this whole country is that it's divided up into little puddles with big fish in each one of them.”

Common Themes

canada canadians irony necessity tragedy understanding art artist money writers writing

“There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under t...”
— Hugh MacLennan
irony necessity tragedy understanding

“An artist has to take life as he finds it. Life by itself is formless wherever it is. Art must give it form.”
— Hugh MacLennan
art artist

“The Ottawa river flows out of Protestant Ontario into Catholic Quebec.”
— Hugh MacLennan
canada canadians

“The trouble with this whole country is that it's divided up into little puddles with big fish in each one of them.”
— Hugh MacLennan
canada canadians

“The Greeks who knew everything understood that without the orgy there is no middle ground between bedlam and Toronto ... we need the healing grace of the orgy in this country.”
— Hugh MacLennan
canada canadians

“The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.”
— Hugh MacLennan
money

“A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.”
— Hugh MacLennan
writers writing

“The Greeks who knew everything understood that without the orgy there is no middle ground between bedlam and Toronto ... we need the healing grace of the orgy in this country.”
— Hugh MacLennan
canada canadians