7 Ben Jonson Quotes on Art

Ben Jonson quotes on art

1. Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

19. If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.

33. He was not of an age, but for all time.

34. Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.

56. That Shakespeare wanted Art.

57. He cursed Petrarch for redacting verses to sonnets, which he said were like that tyrant's bed, where some who were too short were racked, others too long cut short.

58. That Donne himself, for not being understood, would perish.