Washington Irving Quotes About Study

Quotes about: Study

• He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.

  Washington Irving

  Nature, Forests, Study

  Washington Irving (1840). “The Works of Washington Irving”, p.310

• I could not but smile to think in what out-of-the-way corners genius produces her bantlings! And the Muses, those capricious dames, who, forsooth, so often refuse to visit palaces, and deny a single smile to votaries in splendid studies, and gilded drawing-rooms--what holes and burrows will they frequent to lavish their favors on some ragged disciple!

  Washington Irving

  Thinking, Drawing, Dames

  Washington Irving, Charles Neider (1998). “The Complete Tales of Washington Irving”, p.275, Da Capo Press

• A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.

  Washington Irving

  Love, Men, Study

  Washington Irving (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Washington Irving (Illustrated)”, p.546, Delphi Classics

• I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake.

  Washington Irving

  Wall, Writing, Mind

  Washington Irving (1869). “Irving's Works”, p.382

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