Art Quote by Terry Pratchett

“In one of the books he learned that the most important text in the literature of alchemy contained only a few lines, and had…

— Paulo Coelho

“Everything engravers do gets printed opposite. The engraver has to be able to see it both ways.”

— Tracy Chevalier

“A real alchemical laboratory should be full of the kind of glassware that looked as if it were produced during the Guild of Glassblowers…

— Terry Pratchett

It brewed in her as she eyed the pages full to the brims of their bellies with paragraphs and words. You bastards, she thought.…

— Markus Zusak

“Just as you say, sir. There is a letter on the tray, sir." "By Jove, Jeeves, that was practically potry. Rhymed, did you notice?”

— P.G. Wodehouse

She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with…

— Dean Koontz

“My ministers have informed me that Alyss is ridding her land of Glass Eyes." Overriding the imperative that Redd embedded in them is harder…

— Frank Beddor

“The ancient pages rose among the others, palisaded with strange letters and words, the faint script hardly more readable than the footprints of birds.…

— Lawrence Norfolk

“Because she couldn’t read or write, the Spaniards labeled her uncivilized. But her ability to make and read petroglyphs is the same skill exercised…

— J. Michael Orenduff

“My writing tools were my most precious belongings. My best quill pen was made from a raven’s feather . . . I was often…

— Kate Forsyth

“...the book typographer's job was building a window between the reader inside a room and that landscape which is the author's words. He may…

— Simon Garfield

“I got through so much ink in the learning that the inkseller took to knocking at least once a week on the garden door.…

— Sally Gardner