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Quote by Jack Kerouac

“Genius gives birth, talent delivers.”

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This volume offers readers a curated selection of Jack Kerouac's writings, showcasing his unique style and contributions to the Beat Generation. It includes excerpts from his classic novels, such as 'On the Road' and 'The Dharma Bums', as well as his poetry and other prose works, providing a comprehensive overview of his literary legacy. more

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Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac, born on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts, was an influential American novelist. Known for his autobiographical novels and beat literature, his most famous work is 'On the Road'. Kerouac's writings had a profound impact on American culture in the 1960s. more

“The style is the man. Rather say the style is the way the man takes himself; and to be at all charming or even bearable, the way is almost rigidly prescribed. If it is with outer seriousness, it must be with inner humor. If it is with outer humor, it must be with inner seriousness. No other way will do.”

Ifs Men Way Style He Man Charming Seriousness Bearable

Book:The Collected Prose of Robert Frost

Source: The Collected Prose of Robert Frost

“Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words.”

Matter Use Simple Style Rhythm Wrong Words

Book:The letters of Virginia Woolf

Source: The letters of Virginia Woolf

“If one means by style the voice, the irreducible and always recognizable and alive thing, then of course style is really everything.”

Ifs Mean Courses Voice Alive Style

Author:Mary McCarthy

“The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.”