Quote by: Thomas Hardy

My weakness has always been to prefer the large intention of an unskilful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other words, I am more interested in the high ideas of a feeble executant than in the high execution of a feeble thinker.


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Author Bio


  • NameThomas Hardy
  • DescriptionEnglish novelist and poet
  • BornJune 2, 1840
  • DiedJanuary 11, 1928
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Novelist
  • WorksTess Of The D'Urbervilles; Far From The Madding Crowd; Jude The Obscure
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit