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The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.
George Henry Lewes
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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Power
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Artist
Vividness
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The mathematician who is without value to mathematicians, the thinker who is obscure or meaningless to thinkers, the dramatist who fails to move the pit, may be wise, may be eminent, but as an author he has failed.
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In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
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To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
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The history of the race is but that of the individual writ large.
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.
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