What is short?

Famous quotes containing the word short:

    “Makin’ a long stay short is a great aid t’ popularity.”
    —Kin Hubbard (F. [Frank] Mckinney Hubbard)

    “A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amount of hard work is too severe for it.”
    —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)

    “Love requited is a short circuit.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)