
Psychology and Poetry (June 1930)
Fiction, Beds in the East (1959)
Psychology and Poetry (June 1930)
Entry (1950)
Eric Hoffer and the Art of the Notebook (2005)
“That expression, "He means well," is useless unless he does well.”
Nequam illud verbum‘st, Bene vult, nisi qui bene facit.
Trinummus, Act II, sc. 4, line 37.
Trinummus (The Three Coins)
It, and Other Stories (1927), ch. 1, p. 10.
“One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.”
Variant: There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
Source: The Ginger Star (1974), Chapter 7 (p. 45)
As quoted in "Global citizen", interview in Scouts (July/August 2010), p. 41
Context: My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but it's not just the medium that's important, it's about what you are trying to say.
1970 and later
Source: Eric Maisel, Ann Maisel (2010) Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions. p. 95
'The Artist in American Society' - Colorado Magazine Vol. 15 No 2 Autumn 1966