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Not who you're looking for? Others named Matthew Arnold: British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888) · South African cricketer
“I keep saying, Shakspeare, Shakspeare, you are as obscure as life is.”
“The power of the Latin classic is in character, that of the Greek is in beauty. Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.”
“France, fam'd in all great arts, in none supreme.”
“Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.”
“Everything in our political life tends to hide from us that there is anything wiser than our ordinary selves.”
“People think that I can teach them style. What stuff it all is! Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style.”
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Matthew Arnold (born April 8, 1974) is an American film and television writer, director and producer. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2013 with Shadow People. The film was purchased at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival by Anchor Bay.
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