Willa Cather Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Willa Cather quotes and sayings page 3 (deceased author born on Dec 7, 1873). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 34 we have for her.
“The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.”
“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”
“When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.”
“Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.”
“The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper whether little or great, it belongs to Literature.”
“To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.”
“All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.”
“No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.”
“Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.”
“Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.”
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