Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1835
CountryUnited States of America
art men car
...mastery of the art and spirit of the Germanic language enables a man to travel all day in one sentence without changing cars.
art stars power
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.
art flattery compliment
To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.
art book beer
Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.
artist waiting messages
The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.
horse art ordinary
I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.
art fire virtue
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
art people ignorant
It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes...
art writing together
To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct.
art honesty lost
Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.
art philosophy history
I do not want Michael Angelo for breakfast-but for luncheon-for dinner- for tea-for supper-for between meals.
art attitude expression
A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture.
art men self
As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!
art inspiration home
Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness