Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Gilbert Seldes, fully Gilbert Vivian Seldes
American Writer, Cultural Critic, Host of NBC TV Program "The Subject Is Jazz" and Editor of "The Dial"
"Revolutions appeal to those who have not; they have to be imposed on those who have."
"All great ideas are controversial, or have been at one time."
"Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind."
"I came gradually to want to prove nothing."
"Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."