Famous quotes containing the words study and/or bird:
“A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Lord, I do fear
Thoust made the world too beautiful this year;
My soul is all but out of me,let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (18921950)