Good Writers Are Of Necessity

Roger Bacon, A Disciple Of The Arabs, Also Insisted On The Primary Necessity Of Mathematics, Without Which No Other Science Can Be Known; Yet By Mathematics It Is Clear That He Meant Something Very Different From What We Mean, Including Under That Head Even Dancing, Singing, Gesticulation, And Performance On Musical Instruments.

In All Sincere Speech There Is Power, Not Necessarily Great Power, But As Much As The Speaker Is Capable Of.

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.

In Urging All Writers To Be Steadfast In Reliance On The Ultimate Victory Of Excellence, We Should No Less Strenuously Urge Upon Them To Beware Of The Intemperate Arrogance Which Attributes Failure To A Degraded Condition Of The Public Mind. The Instinct Which Leads The World To Worship Success Is Not Dangerous. The Book Which Succeeds Accomplishes Its Aim. The Book Which Fails May Have Many Excellencies, But They Must Have Been Misdirected.

Language, After All, Is Only The Use Of Symbols, And Art Also Can Only Affect Us Through Symbols.