François-René de Chateaubriand Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

  François-René de Chateaubriand

  Writing, Editing, Imitating Others

  Le Genie de Christianisme pt. 2, bk. 1, ch. 3 (1802)

• Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory .

  François-René de Chateaubriand

  Art, Writing, World

  Les Natchez preface (1826)

• An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

  François-René de Chateaubriand

  Writing, Originality, Originals

  "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations". 15th edition, 1980.

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