Will H. Bradley - Writings

Famous quotes containing the word writings:

“If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be “To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one’s own writings in translation.””
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“In this part of the world it is considered a ground for complaint if a man’s writings admit of more than one interpretation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Accursed who brings to light of day
The writings I have cast away.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)