Edward Steichen Quotes


All fled—all done, so lift me on the pyre— The Feast is over, and the lamps expire. Robert E. Howard Cthulhu 148
Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. Robert E. Howard Adventure 146
The more I see of what you call civilization the more highly I think of what you call savagery Robert E. Howard Civilization 137
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. Robert E. Howard Men 127
But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember – that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer. Robert E. Howard Failure 77
But the idea of a man making his living by writing seemed, in that hardy environment, so fantastic that even today I am sometimes myself assailed by a feeling of unreality. Robert E. Howard Uncategorized 73
Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph Robert E. Howard Civilization 68
I became a writer in spite of my environments. Robert E. Howard Uncategorized 48
I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts. Robert E. Howard Uncategorized 46
How can I wear the harness of toil And sweat at the daily round While in my soul forever The drums of Pictdom sound Robert E. Howard Poem 45
It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments. Robert E. Howard Art 43
I have not been a success, and probably never will be. Robert E. Howard Success 38
Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and having only the vaguest ideas of procedure, I began working on the profession I had chosen. Robert E. Howard Age 37
I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write. Robert E. Howard Uncategorized 31
All fledall done so lift me on the pyre The Feast is over and the lamps expire. Robert E. Howard Horror 30
My characters are more like men than these real men are see. Theyre rough and rude they got hands and they got bellies. They hate and they lust break the skin of civilization and you find the ape roaring and redhanded. Robert E. Howard Civilization 27
The people among which I lived – and yet live, mainly – made their living from cotton, wheat, cattle, oil, with the usual percentage of business men and professional men. Robert E. Howard Uncategorized 27

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