Maxioms by John Steinbeck
No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent.
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.
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.
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.
