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What the artist wishes to do—as far as you are concerned—is to take you out of yourself. As far as he is concerned, he wishes to express himself.

— Ford Madox Ford  <link>

It is a queer and fantastic world. Why can’t people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has got the wrong thing. Perhaps you can make head or tail of it; it is beyond me.

— Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier  <link>

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal: the very best and the very worst.

— Ford Madox Ford  <link>