What did John Steinbeck mean by: This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. John Steinbeck Writer · USA Copy
+ Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn’t do anything about it. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Awareness, God, Inaction, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ I guess there are never enough books. Author, July 28, 2023January 2, 2025, John Steinbeck, Abundance, Desire, Knowledge, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us. Author, September 25, 2023January 2, 2025, John Steinbeck, Concealment, Desire, Human nature, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ Doc tips his hat to dogs as he drives by and the dogs look up and smile at him. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Connection, Joy, Respect, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Explanation, Loneliness, Writing, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental. Author, October 28, 2023January 2, 2025, John Steinbeck, Intelligence, Power, Strategy, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Courage, Criticism, Ignoring, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ There’s more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Steinbeck, Beauty, Dreadful, Truth, 0 John Steinbeck Writer · USA
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives. Ludwig van Beethoven Composer · Germany
There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Read explanation Ludwig von Mises Economist · Austria
