“The confusion and undesigned inaccuracy so often to be observed in conversation, especially in that of uneducated persons, proves that truth needs to be cultivated as a talent, as well as recommended as a virtue.” NeedsWellsPersonsTruthVirtueTalentConversationProveConfusionUneducated Author:Elizabeth Fry
“Will posterity believe that, while the Press has swarmed with inflammatory productions that tend to prove the blessing of theoretical confusion and speculative licentiousness, not one writer of talent has been employed to refute and confound the fashionable doctrines, nor the least care taken to disseminate works of another complexion.” BelieveHas BeensCareTakenTalentBlessingProvePressesJewProductionsDoctrineConfusionEmployedTheoreticalPosterityFashionableComplexion Book:Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789 Source: Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
“I do feel that both visual artists and writers look out at the world in a similar way, and wonder at what they see. They want to record the visual world in their own, distinctive ways. We could call it "attention to detail," which also makes a good carpenter, for instance. To be what Emerson called the "transparent eyeball" (which is a phrase that makes me a little queasy) is a noble quest, I feel. It's a quest for honesty, and as Frost put it, a momentary stay against confusion. If I had more talent and courage, I would still love to be a painter.” WorldArtistAttentionWonderTalentHonestyConfusionPainterCarpenterVisual Art Author:Connie Wanek