“You can see the meaning of the statement that “Literature is a living art” most easily and clearly, perhaps, by contrasting Science and Art at their two extremes – say Pure Mathematics and Acting. Science as a rule deals with things, Art with man’s thought and emotion about things.”

“You can see the meaning of the statement that “Literature is a living art” most easily and clearly, perhaps, by contrasting Science and Art at their two extremes – say Pure Mathematics and Acting. Science as a rule deals with things, Art with man’s thought and emotion about things.”

— Arthur Quiller-Couch