{"product_id":"mankind-artist-woodberry-heretics-t-shirt","title":"Mankind.Artist. — Woodberry Heretics T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eWoodberry published this in “The Torch” in 1905. The quote is verified, the source is confirmed, and Woodberry has been largely forgotten — which is itself the kind of irony he would have appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Edward Woodberry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Mankind is the grandest and surest artist of all.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost people think of art as something done by individuals in studios. Woodberry thought bigger. Civilization itself — language, architecture, music, the accumulated written record of everything humanity has thought and felt and argued about — is a work of art. One that no single person could have made. One that nobody planned. And one that is still, unmistakably, being made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Woodberry at his most expansive. The poet and critic who spent his career insisting that literature mattered — not as decoration but as evidence of what human beings are — putting it plainly: we are all, collectively, the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText-only. The full quote set in bold all-caps serif lettering, printed in warm antique gold on a vintage black tee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe type runs at a slight diagonal — top-left to lower-right — as if the thought is still in motion. Attribution in smaller caps beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo illustration. The words carry the weight that no image could.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd² (142 g\/m²)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail fit, true to size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine washable, cold water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders, writers, makers, and anyone who believes that culture is built, not inherited. A gift for the person who takes literature seriously — not as a hobby but as evidence of what we are. The creative who needs the reminder that their work is part of something much larger than themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe grandest work is the one we make together.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore Woodberry: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/not-to-have-tried-tee\"\u003eNot to Have Tried Tee\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/not-to-have-tried-journal\"\u003eNot to Have Tried Journal\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGeorge Edward Woodberry, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican poet and literary critic (1855–1930)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaught at Columbia University; championed literature as a moral and civilizing force\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrote poetry, biography, and criticism across a long, underappreciated career\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis “not to have tried” line has been widely misattributed online — it’s genuinely his\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved that art — in its broadest sense — was humanity’s most significant act\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Bella + Canvas)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWidth (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":42640587391070,"sku":"6282806_21593","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":42640587423838,"sku":"6282806_21594","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42640587456606,"sku":"6282806_21595","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42640587489374,"sku":"6282806_21596","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42640587522142,"sku":"6282806_21597","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42640587554910,"sku":"6282806_21598","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Mankind.Artist.Tee_George_Edward_Woodberry.png?v=1775970489","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/mankind-artist-woodberry-heretics-t-shirt","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}