Evelyn Waugh Quotes about Past

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Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.

Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.

Evelyn Waugh

Past, Rooms, Sides

Evelyn Waugh (1958). “The world of Evelyn Waugh”

We possess nothing certainly except the past

Evelyn Waugh

Wisdom, Past, Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh (1958). “The world of Evelyn Waugh”

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor [group think] of the age and not go flopping along. By doing this he helps us to question and reassess our past, present and future situations, our assumptions and our options.

Evelyn Waugh

Art, Past, Thinking