“ I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind. ”
Jack London, Martin Eden (1909). copy citation
| Author | Jack London |
|---|---|
| Source | Martin Eden |
| Topic | taste personality judgment |
| Date | 1909 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1056/1056-h/1056-h.htm |
Context
“I merely maintain my right as an individual. I have just been telling you what I think, in order to explain why the elephantine gambols of Madame Tetralani spoil the orchestra for me. The world's judges of music may all be right. But I am I, and I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind. If I don't like a thing, I don't like it, that's all; and there is no reason under the sun why I should ape a liking for it just because the majority of my fellow-creatures like it, or make believe they like it.”
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