Art Quote by E.B. White

“In the loveliest town of all where the houses were white and high and the elm trees were green and higher than the houses…

— E.B. White

“He was sad because his new friend was so bloodthirsty.”

— E.B. White

“On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy. It is this…

— E.B. White

“But the city makes up for its hazards and its deficiencies by supplying its citizens with massive doses of a supplementary vitamin-the sense of…

— E.B. White

“Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of…

— E.B. White

“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a place to go if you…

— E.B. White

“Most people believe almost anything they see in print.”

— E.B. White

“Remember that writing is translation, and the opus to be translated is yourself.”

— E.B. White

“Just the minute another person is drawn into some one's life, there begin to arise undreamed-of complexities, and from such a simple beginning as…

— E.B. White

“Your essays spoke of beauty, of love, of light and darkness, of joy and sorrow, and of the goodness of life. They were wonderful…

— E.B. White

“I remember a day in class when he leaned forward, in his characteristic pose - the pose of a man about to impart a…

— E.B. White

“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”

— E.B. White