George Henry Lewes Quote

Obedient to the primary impulse of adequate expression, the style of a complex subject should be complex; of a technical subject, technical; of an abstract subject, abstract; of a familiar subject, familiar; of a pictorial subject, picturesque.


The Principles of Success in Literature (1865)


Obedient to the primary impulse of adequate expression, the style of a complex subject should be complex; of a technical subject, technical; of an...

Obedient to the primary impulse of adequate expression, the style of a complex subject should be complex; of a technical subject, technical; of an...

Obedient to the primary impulse of adequate expression, the style of a complex subject should be complex; of a technical subject, technical; of an...

Obedient to the primary impulse of adequate expression, the style of a complex subject should be complex; of a technical subject, technical; of an...