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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dre... (more Edith Wharton quotes)
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