Top 25 Quotes by Wyndham Lewis of 80 - Page 4

Happiness is the chief material also in the construction of Utopias.

Happiness is the chief material also in the construction of Utopias.

Utopia, Construction, Chiefs

Wyndham Lewis (1989). “The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work”, Andre Deutsch Limited

Satire has a great big glaring target. If successful, it blasts a great big hole in the center. Directness there must be and singleness of aim: it is all aim, all trajectory.

Wyndham Lewis

Successful, Target, Satire

Wyndham Lewis (1979). “Wyndham Lewis: collected poems and plays”

A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphereThe ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is seldom explicit. They are utilitarian and political, the instruments of smooth-running government.

Wyndham Lewis

Running, Revenge, War