The beginning and end of all literary activity is the reproduction of the world that surrounds me by means of the world that is in me, all things being grasped, related, recreated, moulded, and reconstructed in a personal form and original manner.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 to 1832)
[A favorite quote of the Edward Hopper who said it applied equally to painting.]
Showing posts with label self. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self. Show all posts
supposed person
When I state myself as the Representative of the Verse—it does not mean—me—but a supposed person.
—Emily Dickinson, letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1862
—Emily Dickinson, letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1862
starting with the self
In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods.
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods.
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