Ford Madox Ford

Quotes

• “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.”
• “Only two classes of books are of universal appeal: the very best and the very worst.”
• “No more Hope, no more Glory, no more parades for you and me any more. Nor for the country... nor for the world, I dare say... None... Gone.”
• “No author, I think, is deserving of much censure for vanity if, taking down one of his ten-year-old books, he exclaims: "Great heavens, did I write as well as that then?" for the implication always is that one does not write any longer so well and few are so envious as to censure the complacencies of an extinct volcano.”
• “For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it literature even though you find no other soul to agree with you, and if you dislike a book you must declare that it is not literature though a million voices should shout you that you are wrong. The ultimate decision will be made by Time.”
• “This is the saddest story I have ever heard.”

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Key facts

Born

Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer , ( 1873-12-17 ) 17 December 1873, Merton , Surrey , England

Died

26 June 1939 (1939-06-26) (aged 65), Deauville , France

Pen name

Ford Madox Ford

Occupation

Novelist, publisher

Period

1873–1939

Spouse

Elsie Martindale Hueffer ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1894 ) ​

Partner

Violet Hunt Stella Bowen Janice Biala

Parents

Francis Hueffer (father) Catherine Madox Brown (mother)

Relatives

Oliver Madox Hueffer (brother) Juliet Soskice (sister) Frank Soskice (nephew) Ford Madox Brown (maternal grandfather) Lucy Madox Brown (half-aunt) Olivia Rossetti Agresti (cousin) Johann Hermann Hüffer (paternal grandfather)

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Key dates

Born

17 December 1873

Died

26 June 1939

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Ford

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

London

Place of death

Deauville

Father

Francis Hueffer

Mother

Catherine Madox Brown

Sibling

Juliet Soskice

Occupation

prose writer

Languages spoken

English language

Religion

Catholic Church

Field of work

poetry

Official website

www.ub.uni-koeln.de/permalink/db/provenienzen/id/Ford_Ford_Exlibris_11C2772

Image

Ford Madox Ford.jpg

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