"Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes." --Cole Porter (1891-1964) From the song “Anything Goes” from the 1934 musical “Anything Goes” #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #coleporter The quote is a witty complaint about changing standards in language and culture. Porter is poking fun at the idea that writers who once aimed for elegance have drifted into coarser, more casual expression. Because it appears in the musical play "Anything Goes," the line is also part of a larger satire about a world where social rules, manners, and old certainties seem to be loosening all at once. The line works because it blends sophistication with a raised eyebrow. Porter is not delivering a solemn moral lecture. He is teasing modern culture for its shifting tastes while also enjoying the cleverness of the complaint itself. The result is both funny and sharp, which is why the lyric still lands: it captures the perennial feeling that standards are slipping, but does it with style instead of hand-wringing.
"Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes."
--Cole Porter (1891-1964)
From the song “Anything Goes” from the 1934 musical “Anything Goes”
#writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #write #books #amwriting #quotes #coleporter
