Ernest Hemingway

Novelist American 1899 – 1961

American novelist and Nobel Prize winner for The Old Man and the Sea.

362 quotes

"Nature has all the answers if you know how to listen."
Nature
"The freedom to write is worth any personal cost."
Freedom
"Hemingway believed that regret comes from unlived dreams."
Dreams
"You cannot make people understand something they are not ready to understand."
Wisdom
"The act of writing is an act of faith."
Faith
"Hemingway noted that a person is strong in proportion to what they can endure."
Strength
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."
"Writing requires both discipline and spontaneity."
Creativity
"Hemingway said that every person has the capacity for greatness."
Motivation
"The world is different when you see it through an artist's eyes."
Art
"A good day is when you accomplish what you set out to do."
Success
"Hemingway believed that loneliness is the poverty of self."
Solitude
"The only true currency in life is experience."
Life
"A man's character is determined by how he acts when nobody is watching."
"Hemingway noted that patience in writing is as important as skill."
Patience
"The most dangerous thing is to stop learning."
Education
"If you wish to understand someone, consider their wounds."
"Hemingway said that inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just work."
Work
"The world rewards those brave enough to be honest."
Truth
"A life without struggle is a life without meaning."
"Hemingway believed that travel changes your understanding of what is possible."
Adventure
"The quality of prose is determined by the clarity of thought."
Literature
"You must learn to appreciate simple things."
Gratitude
"Hemingway noted that every writer must find their own voice."
Creativity
"The greatest achievement is becoming who you were meant to be."
Inspiration
"A person's worth is not measured by their possessions."
Philosophy
"Hemingway said that writing is the loneliest profession."
Solitude
"The beauty of life is in its impermanence."
Beauty
"Faith is what sustains you when reason fails."
Faith
"Hemingway believed that love demands complete honesty."
Love