Quotes by Gelett Burgess

"If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead"
— Gelett Burgess
"There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness."
— Gelett Burgess
"I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one."
— Gelett Burgess
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Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. He was an important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissanc...