Maxioms by John Steinbeck
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business.
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business.
Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of read more
Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to
handle them, and pretty soon you have a read more
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to
handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as read more
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
