The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
Paperbacks of those we deem classics should be cheap and sold at supermarkets.
I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason. I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.
Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure.
If you're looking for a book that's not been influenced by 21st century popular culture and that's guaranteed to be a good read because it's stood the test of time, you can't go wrong with the classics.
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
Classicism becomes avant-garde when everyone else is doing their utmost to develop new stylistic forms. I think it's healthy to return to classical forms.
People who have got to know Western educational methods always claim that the reading of the Classics was a useless waste of time and should be abolished. Such chatter is to be heard from hundreds of people and cannot be stopped. But it is a serious mistake.
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.