Walter Benjamin
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
—Walter Benjamin, One-Way Street
Posted on June 15, 2001 at 3:46 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. . . . Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
—Walter Benjamin, Unpacking My Library
Posted on September 27, 2001 at 11:21 PM
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