“originality" is everyone's aim, and novel techniques are as much prized as new scientific discoveries. [T.S.] Eliot states it with surprising naïveté: "It is exactly as wasteful for a poet to do what has been done already as for a biologist to rediscover Mendel's discoveries.” Has BeensStatesDoneNovelPoetDiscoveryAimTechniqueSurprisingOriginalityBiologistScientific DiscoveryVetsEliotMendel Author:Randall Jarrell
“This world of ours has been constructed like a superbly written novel: we pursue the tale with avidity, hoping to discover the plot.” WorldHas BeensNovelWrittenThis WorldDiscoveryTalesPursuePlot Author:Arthur Keith
“For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a crafter of everything from political speeches to modern novels. One could use it personally, as a tool of discovery or a means of staying connected to others. One could use it as an outlet that would feed the artistic spirit of the creator, which existed in everyone.” MeanUseAblePoliticalSpiritLanguageNovelModernSkillsSpeechDiscoveryToolsCreatorConnectedCriticalArtisticStayingOutletsPolitical SpeechesModern NovelCrafters Author:Elizabeth George
“The recent extraordinary discovery in Photography, as applied in the operations of the mind, has reduced the art of novel-writing to the merest mechanical labour.” WritingMindArtNovelPhotographyDiscoveryExtraordinaryOperationsLabourNovel Writing Book:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales
“Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (whose mother died ten days after she was born) wrote a novel that anticipates Semmelweis's discovery and serves as a parable for the destructive power of decaying matter.” MatterMotherBornNovelTenDiscoveryDiedDestructiveMaryAnticipateParablesMother DiedShelleyDestructive Power Author:Laura Mullen