“For it is a mistake to think that what looks like the rendering of an ordinary affair is ever an artless chronicling.”

Apparently effortless realism may conceal considerable artistic construction · The English Novel

• Art
• Skill
• Writing

“For myself, I am no moralist: I consider that if you do what you want you must take what you get for it and that if you deny yourself things you will be better off than if you don’t.”

A compact statement of personal responsibility and self-restraint · The English Novel

• Character
• Morality
• Wisdom

“We accepted the name of impressionists because we saw that Life did not narrate, but made impressions on our brains.”

Explaining the principle behind Ford and Conrad’s literary impressionism · Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance

• Experience
• Memory
• Writing