Ella Maillart
Ella Maillart
Ella Maillartwas a French-speaking Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth20 February 1903
CountrySwitzerland
cruise far following journey left question sooner
No sooner had I left to cruise the Mediterranean than the following question preoccupied me: How far does one kill a journey by making it become real?
analyse led obeying strong today urge
When I started travelling, I was 18; I was instinctively obeying a strong urge. Today I can analyse that urge and see where it has led me.
travel journey inspirational-adventure
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.
looks certain instant
When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.
journey oneness feelings
One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.
good-life green desert
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.
distance talking horizon
The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances.
character journey perfect
The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
running dying earth
The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth.
sea sailing nautical
The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be.
boys climbing laughing
You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat.
able
Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it.
moving giving alive
Certain travelers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.
cutting men rose
I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?