Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914)
"The first three essentials of the literary art are imagination, imagination and imagination."
Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Henry James
"We work in the dark —
we do what we can —
we give what we have.
Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task.
The rest is the madness of art".