Edith Wharton Quote

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the object represented to make it the writer's own; and the mind which would bring this secret gem to fruition must be able to nourish it with an accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience.


The Writing of Fiction (1925), ch. I


True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the...

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the...

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the...

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the...