William Carlos Williams Quotes about Lying

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It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

William Carlos Williams

Lying, Secret, Age

William Carlos Williams (1954). “Selected Essays”, New York, Random House

But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those things which lie under the direct scrutiny of the senses, close to the nose. It is this difficulty that sets a value upon all works of art and makes them a necessity. The senses witnessing what is immediately before them in detail see a finality which they cling to in despair, not knowing which way to turn. Thus this so-called natural or scientific array becomes fixed, the walking devil of modern life.

William Carlos Williams

Art, Lying, Writing

William Carlos Williams (1920). “Kora in Hell: Improvisations”