#pretension

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour. ↗

— Frederic Raphael

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He had perfected the art of looking interested, and could grasp in surprise at any and every predictable punchline. ↗

— Ian Rankin Doors Open

#art

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many. ↗

— Adam Ferguson

#commercial #depress #equal #equal rights #every

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. ↗

— Margot Fonteyn

#any #art #induces #life #mediocrity