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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

John Steinbeck
Teacher, Art, Teaching
John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.123, Penguin

A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome.

John Steinbeck
Stars, Loneliness, Teaching
John Steinbeck (1989). “Steinbeck: A Life in Letters”, p.441, Penguin

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