Authorship Quote by John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby Download Open image “Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.” — John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authorship Chief Masterpiece Chiefs Masterpiece Masterpiece Writing Nature Nature Chief Wells Writing Writing well
Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books. They impress us with the conviction, that one nature wrote… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Every living thing is a masterpiece, written by nature and edited by evolution.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I do admire great essayists. I'm a particular fan of good nature writing. People like Robert Finch. I read great quantities of writing by… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile valleys and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself. — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
We like the gift when we the giver prize. — John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby Copy Share Image
To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“If there's a will, there's a way! I feel larger than LIFE--and look up to the stars who shine down on me and have… — Donna Scrima-Black Copy Share Image
“Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime, a labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, or… — August Wilhelm Von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Authorship has never been with me a matter of choice. I have not done it for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image