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title: "4 Masterpiece Writing Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/of-all-the-arts-in-which-the-wise-excel-nature-s-chief-masterpiece-is/)

[Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/andr-breton-2478_art_of-all-the-arts-in-which-the-wise-excel_66609.jpg)

> [By Cunning & Craft is a masterpiece of writing about writing. If, like Scheherazade, you had to spin out a story under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-gallagher/by-cunning-craft-is-a-masterpiece-of-writing-about-writing-if-like/)

[Nora Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-gallagher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/nora-gallagher-56631_advice_by-cunning-craft-is-a-masterpiece-of-wri_1677137.jpg)

> [Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sheffield-1st-duke-of-buckingham-and-normanby/nature-s-chief-masterpiece-is-writing-well/)

[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sheffield-1st-duke-of-buckingham-and-normanby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/847/john-sheffield-1st-duke-of-buc_authorship_nature-s-chief-masterpiece-is-writing-we_1793529.jpg)

> [Olive Kitteridge' is a masterpiece: The writing is so perfect you don't even notice it; the story is so vivid it's less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-bank/olive-kitteridge-is-a-masterpiece-the-writing-is-so-perfect-you-don-t/)

[Melissa Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-bank/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/melissa-bank-7849_masterpiece_olive-kitteridge-is-a-masterpiece-the-wr_1971267.png)

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