Art, at any rate in a novel, must be indissolubly linked with craft.
nothing is more restful than conformity.
Dialogue should convey a sense of spontaneity but eliminate the repetitiveness of real talk.
But in general, for the purposes of most novelists, the number of objects genuinely necessary for. . .describing a scene will be found to be very small.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Someone soon to start on a journey is always a little holy.