I believe that every life , irrespective of its events and setting, holds something of unique value, which it should be possible to communicate, if only one can first see one's experiences honestly and then set them down without too much dressing-up
[On writing biography:] If you wish to see a person you must not start by seeing through him. - Iris Origo
[On writing biography:] If you wish to see a person you must not start by seeing through him.
- Iris Origo
I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject. - Iris Origo
I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject.
while it is certainly the biographer's business to describe the foibles, passions and idiosyncrasies which make his subject a person, his work will b… - Iris Origo
while it is certainly the biographer's business to describe the foibles, passions and idiosyncrasies which make his subject a person, his work will b…
[On writing biography:] ... every human life is at once so complex and so simple, so perplexing and so clear, so superficial and so profound, that an… - Iris Origo
[On writing biography:] ... every human life is at once so complex and so simple, so perplexing and so clear, so superficial and so profound, that an…
The biographer's real business - if it is not too arrogant to say so - is simply this: to bring the dead to life. - Iris Origo
The biographer's real business - if it is not too arrogant to say so - is simply this: to bring the dead to life.
I believe that every life , irrespective of its events and setting, holds something of unique value, which it should be possible to communicate, if … - Iris Origo
I believe that every life , irrespective of its events and setting, holds something of unique value, which it should be possible to communicate, if …
whereas in childhood ... it was the parents' judgement that mattered to the child, later on the situation becomes reversed: it is then that the opini… - Iris Origo
whereas in childhood ... it was the parents' judgement that mattered to the child, later on the situation becomes reversed: it is then that the opini…
Behind each biography there should always be a rich treasury of unformulated knowledge, a tapestry that has not been unrolled. - Iris Origo
Behind each biography there should always be a rich treasury of unformulated knowledge, a tapestry that has not been unrolled.
I write because, exacting as it may be to do so, it is still more difficult to refrain, and because - however conscious of one's limitations one may … - Iris Origo
I write because, exacting as it may be to do so, it is still more difficult to refrain, and because - however conscious of one's limitations one may …
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