Stanley Fish Quote

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.

Chapter 4, What Is A Good Sentence?, p. 42 - How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One (2011)

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.