Goncourt/career

Famous quotes containing the words goncourt and/or career:

    “That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.”
    —Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)

    “Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)