There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

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Autobiography and memoir

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

Cyril Connolly

1938

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Babies Art

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1938

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Cyril Connolly

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Connolly, Cyril. Enemies of Promise. George Routledge & Sons, 1938, ch. 14.

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