Tuesday, May 26, 2009

the journal of pre-raphaelite studies is hilarious

"More than three decades have passed since I invented the field of Pre-Raphaelite studies...[name of art historian] said to me when we first met in Chicago a few years ago, 'It's like meeting Moses!' Modesty precludes my accepting his analogy..."

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I enkelte tidsskrift kan man omtrent ikke skrive "I" engang uten å bli Way too personal. Tror jeg liker prerapheliter bedre.

erika said...

Altså, personlig ville jeg verken ha skrevet "I" eller gjentatt apokryfiske sammenligninger av meg selv med Moses. Men jeg er jo så modest

Uncle G said...

Dang!! I read this too late. I could have used that phrase in my dissertation...

Ah well...