Quotessence
Home / Topics / Wordsmithing Quotes

Wordsmithing Quotes

Browse 4 quotes about Wordsmithing.

Wordsmithing Quotes

“We must assume, I think, that the forward projection of what imagination he had, stopped at the act, on the brink of all its possible consequences; ghost consequences, comparable to the ghost toes of an amputee or to the fanning out of additional squares which a chess knight (that skips-pace piece), standing on a marginal file, "feels" in phantom extensions beyond the board, but which have no effect whatever on his real moves, on the real play.”

ImaginationPossibilityChessWordsmithing
Book:Pale fire
Create image

“We must assume, I think, that the forward projection of what imagination he had, stopped at the act, on the brink of all its possible consequences; ghost consequences, comparable to the ghost toes of an amputee or to the fanning out of additional squares which a chess knight (that skipspace piece), standing on a marginal file, "feels" in phantom extensions beyond the board, but which have no effect whatever on his real moves, on the real play.”

ImaginationPossibilityChessWordsmithing
Book:Pale fire
Create image