Ella Maillart
Ella Maillart
Ella Maillartwas a French-speaking Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth20 February 1903
CountrySwitzerland
confidence dream usual
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
simple appreciate literature
Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.
writing emotion certain
Words are impotent to describe certain emotions.
humanity infinity different
Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.
ideas escapism
That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.
mind done illusion
One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.
mind states angle
The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.
heart language speak
When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.
language foreign-language wanted
I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.
mould sentences refuse
I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences.
feelings substance i-can
I can see now that a concept or even a feeling makes no sense unless out of our substance we spin around it a web of references, of relationships, of values.
wind desire tides
From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.
sunshine ice gliding
Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.
adventure desire spirit
Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.