Artifact Quote by Geraldine Brooks

A book is a book only when it is read; otherwise it is a bundle of gathered sheets of soiled paper.

— Frederick Philip Grove

A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.

— Angela Carter

Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have…

— Mo Willems

Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.

— Gary Wolf

A book is a book is a book.

— Maurice Sendak

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

— Norman Cousins

The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I make my…

— Anselm Kiefer

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

— Alan Bennett

A book is a souvenir of an idea.

— Seth Godin

Writers are naturally obsessed with books, the tangible artifacts of their labor. Even beyond the text, I love the physicality of books, the possibilities…

— Ken Liu

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