Explore 388 quotes from the 1950s

Tawney, R. H. Business and Politics under James I. Cambridge University Press, 1958.

Parker, Dorothy. "The Art of Fiction." The Paris Review, Summer 1956, Issue 13, p. 80.

Steinbeck, John. "John Steinbeck, The Art of Fiction No. 45." Interviewed by Nathaniel Benchley. The Paris Review, Fall 1969. Originally was published in "In Awe of Words." Exonian, 3 Mar. 1954.

Cartier-Bresson, Henri. The Decisive Moment. Simon and Schuster, 1952.

Thurber, James. "The Duchess and the Bugs." Lanterns & Lances. Harper & Brothers, 1961.

Klee, Paul. Quoted in Klee, written by Susanna Partsch. Taschen, 2015. Originally a diary entry, 16 Apr. 1914.

Osler, William. Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings. Henry Schuman, 1950.

Reinhardt, Ad. "Twelve Rules for a New Academy." ARTnews, May 1957.