Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
E. B. WHITEA poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
More E. B. White Quotes
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The best writing is rewriting.
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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The city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
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A schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
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“What’s miraculous about a spider’s web?” said Mrs. Arable. “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle–it’s just a web.” “Ever try to spin one?” asked Mr. Dorian.
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There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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