And the formation of man is the most pressing problem facing humanity. Bruce Chatwin More Quotes by Bruce Chatwin More Quotes From Bruce Chatwin I never liked Jules Verne, believing that the real was always more fantastic than the fantastical. Bruce Chatwin fantasticrealbelieve Proust, more perspicaciously than any other writer, reminds us that the 'walks' of childhood form the raw material of our intelligence. Bruce Chatwin proustchildhoodraw-materials Sluggish and sedentary peoples, such as the Ancient Egyptians-- with their concept of an afterlife journey through the Field of Reeds-- project on to the next world the journeys they failed to make in this one. Bruce Chatwin afterlifejourneytravel The word story is intended to alert the reader to the fact that, however closely the narrative may fit the facts, the fictional process has been at work. Bruce Chatwin storieswritingmay Anything was better than to be loved for one's things. Bruce Chatwin Richard Lee calculated that a Bushman child will be carried a distance of 4,900 miles before he begins to walk on his own. Since, during this rhythmic phase, he will be forever naming the contents of his territory, it is impossible he will not become a poet. Bruce Chatwin distanceforeverchildren It's an old sailor's idea that every ship has a rope with one end made fast to her bows and the other held by the loved ones at home. Bruce Chatwin bowshomeideas Being lost in Australia gives you a lovely feeling of security. Bruce Chatwin australiafeelingsgiving Tyranny sets up its own echo-chamber. Bruce Chatwin chamberechoestyranny I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered. Bruce Chatwin ceramicssculpturechinese 'I will go to France, to Yugoslavia, to China, and continue my profession.' 'As sanitary engineer?' 'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will see all the peoples and all the countries of the world.' Bruce Chatwin yugoslaviacountrytravel A journey is a fragment of Hell. Bruce Chatwin fragmentshelljourney The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I managed the first line, 'I am a swallow.' Then I looked up and asked, 'How do you spell telephone wires? Bruce Chatwin runningbookchildren The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory. Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D. Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names taken at random from among the R's - told a story of exile, desolation, disillusion, and anxiety behind lace curtains. Bruce Chatwin randomanxietyrosehistory
