Sherwood Anderson Quotes
The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.
Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”
Sherwood Anderson (2013). “The Egg and Other Stories”, p.10, Courier Corporation
Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.
Sherwood Anderson (2015). “Winesburg, Ohio”, p.116, Sheba Blake Publishing
Sherwood Anderson (1949). “The Portable Sherwood Anderson”
I wanted to run away from everything but I wanted to run towards something too.
Sherwood Anderson (2012). “Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories: Winesburg, Ohio / The Triumph of the Egg / Horses and Men / Death in the Woods / Uncollected Stories (Library of America #235)”, p.220, Library of America
The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor.
Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”
Sherwood Anderson (1969). “Sherwood Anderson's memoirs: a critical edition”
Sherwood Anderson (2012). “Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories: Winesburg, Ohio / The Triumph of the Egg / Horses and Men / Death in the Woods / Uncollected Stories (Library of America #235)”, p.835, Library of America
Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”
Sherwood Anderson (2015). “Winesburg, Ohio”, p.20, Sheba Blake Publishing
Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”
Sherwood Anderson (2015). “Winesburg, Ohio”, p.116, Sheba Blake Publishing
Sherwood Anderson (2016). “Poor White”, p.9, Sherwood Anderson
Most people are afraid to trust their imaginations and the artist is not.
Sherwood Anderson (1947). “The Sherwood Anderson reader”
Sherwood Anderson (1947). “The Sherwood Anderson reader”
Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”
Sherwood Anderson (2012). “Winesburg, Ohio”, p.84, Courier Corporation
If people did not want their stories told, it would be better for them to keep away from me.
Sherwood Anderson (1924). “A Story Teller's Story: The Tale of an American Writer's Journey Through His Own Imaginative World and Through the World of Facts, with Many of His Experiences and Impressions Among Other Writers--told in Many Notes--in Four Books--and an Epilogue”, p.332, University of Michigan Press
Sherwood Anderson (2006). “Mid-American Chants”, p.1, Quale Press
Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”
Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”