Joseph Conrad

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master read more

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its read more

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.