"To his colleagues and students, Arthur Terry was a person of unquenchable kindness and extraordinary knowledge: he was the man who had read everything and who was never happier than when talking about books. He was the most helpful of colleagues, always willing to read and comment on draft essays and always loyally reading everything that his colleagues published – in both cases offering careful comments, never flattering, always courteous, invariably helpful."

(Peter Hulme: "Professor Arthur Terry: Doyen of Catalan Literary Studies", The Independent (Londres), 4 de febrer de 2004)