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Wright Morris Biography

Wright Marion Morris (January 6, 1910 – April 25, 1998) was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms.

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As the style of Faulkner grew out of his rage--out of the impotence of his rage--the style of Hemingway grew out of the depth andnuance of his disenchantment.

Depth, Disenchantment, Faulkner, Rage, Style

The photograph, after all, is just a photograph. Words will determine its meaning and status.

Determine, Meaning, Photograph, Status, Words

After many months of writing, it occured to me that it might be possible to photograph, in the flesh, what I was attempting to capture in words. I bought a Rolleiflex camera and began to take pictures of objects or structures that were used and abused by human hands

Writing, Hands, Used And Abused, Human, Occured

Everyone in California is from somewhere else.

Somewhere Else, California, Everyone

Images proliferate. Am I wrong in being reminded of printing money in a period of wild inflation? Do we know what we are doing? Are we able to evaluate what we have done?

Able, Done, Images, Printing, Printing Money, Proliferate

However much [photographs] may lie, they do so with the raw materials of truth.

Lie, Lying, Materials, May, Raw Materials, Truth

We're in the world of communications more and more, tough we're in communication less and less.

Communication, World, Tough, Communications

When writing is good, everything is symbolic, but symbolic writing is seldom good.

Good, Seldom, Symbolic, Writing

[We] make images to see clearly: then we see clearly what we have made.

Clearly, Images, Made, Make, See

Cats don't belong to people. They belong to places.

Belong, Cat, Cats, People, Places

Writes have an island, a center of refuge, within themselves. It is the mind's anchorage, the soul's Great Good Place.

Anchorage, Center, Good, Islands, Soul, Writing

There's little to see, but things leave an impression. It's a matter of time and repetition. As something old wears thin or out, something new wears in. The handle on the pump, the crank on the churn, the dipper floating in the bucket, the latch on the screen, the door on the privy, the fender on the stove, the knees of the pants and the seat of the chair, the handle of the brush and the lid to the pot exist in time but outside taste; they wear in more than they wear out. It can't be helped. It's neither good nor bad. It's the nature of life.

Doors, Floating, Knees, Matter, Pants, See

The past is useless. That explains why it is past.

Explains, History, Past, Useless

Writing has made me rich-not in money but in a couple hundred characters out there, whose pursuits and anguish and triumphs I've shared. I am unspeakably grateful at the life I have come to lead.

Couple, Grateful, Writing, Triumphs, Lead