Sherwood Anderson Quote
The life of reality is confused, disorderly, almost always without apparent purpose, whereas in the artist's imaginative life there is purpose. There is determination to give the tale, the song, the painting, form -- to make it true and real to the theme, not to life.
A Writer's Conception of Realism: An Address Delivered on January 20, 1939, at Olivet College (ed. 1939)
