Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella....
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.
Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.