Arthur Quiller-Couch Quotes About Learning

On The Art of Reading, Lecture V, Project Gutenberg #16579; the surrounding analogy connects disciplined reading with the harder sister art of writing.

On the Art of Writing, Lecture XII, “On Style,” Project Gutenberg #17470; excerpted from Quiller-Couch’s summary of the course.

On the Art of Writing, Preface, Project Gutenberg #17470. Quiller-Couch states the governing premise of the Cambridge lectures: 'Literature is not a mere Science, to be studied; but an Art, to be practised.' The sentence belongs to his historical writing pedagogy and argument for continued practice, not a scientific classification of literature or a measurable guarantee of writing success.

On the Art of Writing, Lecture V, “Interlude: On Jargon,” Project Gutenberg #17470; Quiller-Couch contrasts direct prose with inflated official phrasing.

On the Art of Writing, Lecture V, “Interlude: On Jargon,” Project Gutenberg #17470. “Masculine style” is retained as period wording, not endorsed as a gender standard.

On the Art of Writing, Lecture XII, “On Style,” Project Gutenberg #17470; excerpted from Quiller-Couch’s reminder that students must master craft for themselves.