Steinbeck on "the Common Touch"

[greygirlbeast]

Someone's comment to this morning's entry, and my response to it, made me track down this quote again:

What is the common touch that it is supposed to be so goddamned desirable? The common touch is usually an inept, stupid, clumsy, unintelligent touch. It is only the uncommon touch that amounts to a damn. (John Steinbeck, 1949)

Comments

[sovay]

It is only the uncommon touch that amounts to a damn.

Amen.

[chris_walsh]

The "common touch" is too often the bad touch.

(...this is me on too little sleep and not enough caffeine.)

[cucumberseed]

I need to read Imajica again sometime soon.

[derekcfpegritz]

And you just earned 500 Cool Points for the icon of Imajica's original artwork! Dear gods, I love that book....I still maintain that should I ever have progeny, if the larva is male, it shall be named Sartori.

[gargirl]

Well said Mr. Steinbeck.