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)

“A black boxer’s career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the gym, sparring with impersonal opponents as one faces the rudeness and hostility that a black male must confront in the United States, where he is the object of both fear and fascination.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)