Do not talk to me of Archimedes' lever. He was an absent-minded person with a mathematical imagination. Mathematics commands my respect, but I have no use for engines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
Joseph ConradThe artist in his calling of interpreter creates because he must. He is so much of a voice that, for him, silence is like death
Joseph ConradThe condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don't fancy that a combination of paper and ink will ever put an end to it.
Joseph ConradThere is never enough time to say our last word-the last word of our love, of our desire, faith, remorse, submission, revolt.
Joseph ConradCertain streets have an atmosphere of their own, a sort of universal fame and the particular affection of their citizens. One of such streets is the Cannebiere, and the jest: "If Paris had a Cannebiere, it would be a little Marseilles" is the jocular expression of municipal pride. I, too, I have been under the spell. For me it has been a street leading into the unknown.
Joseph Conrad