We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed...

Quote by Lawrence Clark Powell

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No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing...

A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing...

I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is...

I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is...

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Creativity not committed to public purpose is merely therapy or ego satisfaction.

Creativity not committed to public purpose is merely therapy or ego satisfaction.

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens,...

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens,...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...