Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE (8 January 1927 – 22 August 2015) was a British poet, translator, academic and illustrator. He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn.
There are portraits and still-lifes And the first, because 'human' Does not excel the second
In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.
Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with the question of style. . .
The cool blade Severs between coolness, apple-rind Compelling a recognition.
To many men, moderate success is only another aspect of failure.
False zeal is every day bringing true zeal into disrepute.
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