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“She had storms all her life, but she died peacefully.”
Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939
“In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.”
Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939
“She felt about a love set as a painter does about his masterpiece; each ace serve was a form of brushwork to her, and her fantastically accurate shot-placing was certainly a study in composition.”
Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939
“I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.”
Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939
“History looks queer when you're standing close to it, watching where it is coming from and how it's being made.”
Janet Flanner, Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings 1932 - 1975
“I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.”
Janet Flanner

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