Max Beerbohm Quotes


There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.


Citations

Beerbohm, Max. "A Point to be Remembered by Very Eminent Men." And Even Now, William Heinemann, 1920, p. 29.

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Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm
  • Born: August 24, 1872
  • Died: May 20, 1956
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Essayist, Parodist, Caricaturist

Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the Saturday Review from 1898 until 1910, when he relocated to Rapallo, Italy. In his later years he was popular for his occasional radio broadcasts. Among his best-known works is his only novel, Zuleika Dobson, published in 1911. His caricatures, drawn usually in pen or pencil with muted watercolour tinting, are in many public collections.