I wanted to make comics that get at feelings that connect to the deepest moments of our lives, reading Tolstoy, Flaubert, Flannery… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“We hear more about dignity and “pensive luster” from cultures where the patina of age is highly valued, from the shutaku (soil… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
The great American writer Herman Melville says somewhere in The White Whale that a man ought to be 'a patriot to heaven,'… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His earliest novels… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
“The Pacific, greatest of oceans, has an area exceeding that of all dry land on the planet. Herman Melville called it "the… — David Stanley Copy Share Image
