William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howellswas an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth1 March 1837
CountryUnited States of America
dream men crank
If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
men interesting secret
The secret of a man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
voice soul blast
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
art mean ugly
By beauty of course I mean truth, for the one involves the other; it is only the false in art which is ugly, and it is only the ugly that is universal.