Sunday, June 29, 2025

Quote of the Hour: There Was Only One Catch

Corky was one of the artists. A portrait-painter, he called himself, but he hadn't painted any portraits. He was sitting on the side-lines with a blanket over his shoulders, waiting for a chance to get into the game. You see, the catch about portrait-painting - I've looked into the thing a bit - is that you can't start painting portraits trill people come along and ask you to, and they won't come along and ask you to until you've painted a lot first. That makes it kind of difficult for a chappie.

 - P.G. Wodehouse, "Leave It to Jeeves," pp.11-12 in My Man Jeeves

No comments:

Post a Comment