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American novelist known for his profound insights into the lives of the American middle class. Anderson's works often focus on the inner world and social status of ordinary people, and his style is concise and direct, which has had a profound impact on American literature.

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Famous Sherwood Anderson Quotes

“Draw things that have some meaning to you. An apple, what does it mean? The object drawn doesn't matter so much. It's what you feel about it, what it means to you. A masterpiece could be made of a dish of turnips.”

Feels Mean Doe Made Matter Objects Draws Apples Dishes Masterpiece Turnips

Book:Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout

Source: Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout

“It has long been my desire to be a little worm in the fair apple of Progress.”

Littles Long Desire Progress Fairs Apples Worms

Author:Sherwood Anderson

“You can make it all right if you will only be satisfied to remain small," I told myself. I had to keep saying it over and over to myself. "Be little. Don't try to be big. Work under the guns. Be a little worm in the fair apple of life.”

Ifs Trying Littles Bigs Gun Fairs Satisfied Apples Worms

Book:Sherwood Anderson's memoirs: a critical edition

Source: Sherwood Anderson's memoirs: a critical edition

“Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples.”

Knows Apples Sweetness Twisted

Book:Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-town Life

Source: Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-town Life

“On the trees are only a few gnarled apples that the pickers have rejected. They look like the knuckles of Doctor Reefy's hands. One nibbles at them and they are delicious. Into a little round place at the side of the apple has been gathered all its sweetness. One runs from tree to tree over the frosted ground picking the gnarled, twisted apples and filling his pockets with them. Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples.”

Knows Looks Littles Has Beens Hands Running Sides Tree Doctors Rounds Apples Pockets Rejected Sweetness Delicious Filling Twisted Knuckles

Book:Winesburg, Ohio

Source: Winesburg, Ohio