“n artistic atmosphere does not create artists a literary atmosphere does not create literators; poets and painters spring up where there was never a verse made or a picture seen. This suggests that God is no more idle now than He was at the beginning, but that He is still and forever shaping the human chaos into the instruments and means of beauty.” HumansMeanDoeMadeStillsArtistForeverPoetSpringInstrumentsChaosPainterArtisticAtmosphereVersesIdle Author:William Dean Howells
“Christ and the life of Christ is at this moment inspiring the literature of the world as never before, and raising it up a witness against waste and want and war. It may confess Him, as in Tolstoi's work it does, or it may deny Him, but it cannot exclude Him; and in the degree that it ignores His spirit, modern literature is artistically inferior. In other words, all good literature is now Christmas literature.” WorldWantMayDoeWarMomentsSpiritLiteratureChristModernDegreesWasteDenyWitnessWorking ItInferiorsModern LiteratureGood Literature Book:The Friendly Fire Source: The Friendly Fire
“Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no greatness, no beauty, which does not come from truth to your own knowledge of things; and keep on working, even if your work is not long remembered.” IfsTryingLongDoeTruthRememberNaturalTroubleGreatnessStandardsIdealsRememberedFaithfulBeing Faithful Book:Of Literature Source: Of Literature
“The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.” DoeBookReasonDuty Book:My Literary Passions Source: My Literary Passions
“I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.” KnowsDoeRealStatesHappinessJoyFineFlowRewardsAppreciationCheerSatisfyingGood WillTruestAppreciation Of Others Author:William Dean Howells
