Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Literature is a living art, to be practised.”
- Source
- On the Art of Writing
- Date
- 1916
Meaning of “Literature is a living art, to be practised.”
The short formulation emphasizes that literary skill develops through use and practice rather than through passive admiration of established works alone.
Where does it come from?
On the Art of Writing, Lecture XII, “On Style,” Project Gutenberg #17470; excerpted from Quiller-Couch’s summary of the course.
