Book Quote by Amy Sillman

I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any.

— Jean Rhys

“And form this kind of thought has emerged a new conclusion: which is that it is not only childish of a writer to want…

— Doris Lessing

Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geometric shapes can affect matter around them. It's simply because…

— Tom DeLonge

A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in general, is…

— Shane Warren Jones

Making books has always felt very connected to my bookselling experience, that of wanting to draw people's attention to things that I liked, to…

— Jonathan Lethem

To me there's no difference between a book of stories and a novel - they're just slightly different shapes.

— Aleksandar Hemon

A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Writing is a physical art. And writing a book is a lot more like making a complex sculpture out of bronze than writing a…

— Heather Sellers

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you…

— Chris Van Allsburg

I do know great books help shape who I am and how I look at life.

— Mat Kearney

I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.

— Erno Rubik

Hence it is that the shape of something is especially meaningful.

— James J. Gibson