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
cruise far following journey left question sooner
No sooner had I left to cruise the Mediterranean than the following question preoccupied me: How far does one kill a journey by making it become real?
journey men voyages
There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.
character journey perfect
The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
journey oneness feelings
One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.
journey self faces
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.
travel journey inspirational-adventure
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.
analyse led obeying strong today urge
When I started travelling, I was 18; I was instinctively obeying a strong urge. Today I can analyse that urge and see where it has led me.
cut possess sure
I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it - why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?
asia covered crossed exactly peter spoke
When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his.
certain fully impression travel travellers
Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.
children parent house
We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.
world ends convinced
I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end.
towns poor bigs
I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.
home conquer-the-world long
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.