Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Therefore instead of contracting his words and forms of speech, let a writer enlarge his thoughts.”
- Source
- The Art of Literature
- Date
- 1851
- English wording
- T. Bailey Saunders — Translator · from German
Meaning of “Therefore instead of contracting his words and forms…”
Schopenhauer argues that stronger writing should come from fuller thought rather than from compressing weak ideas into mannered phrasing, tying style to intellectual substance.
Where does it come from?
The Art of Literature, section “On Style,” T. Bailey Saunders translation; Project Gutenberg #10714. The English volume rearranges material drawn from Schopenhauer’s Parerga.
