Author: Willa Cather

Quotes

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

- Willa Cather

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

- Willa Cather

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

- Willa Cather

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

- Willa Cather

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.

- Willa Cather

Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke.

Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke.

- Willa Cather

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

- Willa Cather

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

- Willa Cather

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

- Willa Cather

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