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The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.

The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.

George Henry Lewes
Art, Writing, Order
George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or three types, and those the least like types of good acting. The fault generally lies less in the bad imitation of a good model, than in the successful imitation of a bad model.

George Henry Lewes
Lying, Writing, Successful
George Henry Lewes (1875). “On Actors and the Art of Acting”, p.185, London Smith, Elder 1875.

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.

George Henry Lewes
Writing, Desire, Done
George Henry Lewes (1846). “The Spanish Drama. Lope de Vega and Calderon”, p.89, London, Knight

Mathematicians do not write for the circulating library.

George Henry Lewes
Writing, Science, Library
George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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