Peter Whiffle
His Life and Works
Books by
Carl Van Vechten
Peter Whiffle: His Life and Works
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Peter Whiffle |
 New YorkAlfred · A · Knopf |
Copyright, 1922, by
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Published, April, 1922
Set up and printed by the Vail-Ballou Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Paper furnished by W. F. Etherington & Co., New York, N. Y. Bound by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass.
Manufactured in the United States of America
To the memory of
my mother,
Ada Amanda Fitch Van Vechten
"'Tingling is the test,' said Babbalanja, 'Yoomy, did you tingle, when that song was composing?'
"'All over, Babbalanja.'"
"We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art."
"Les existences les plus belles sont peut-être celles qui ont subi tous les extrêmes, qui ont traversé toutes les températures, rencontré toutes les sensations excessives et tous les sentiments contradictoires."
"The man who satisfies a ceaseless intellectual curiosity probably squeezes more out of life in the long run than any one else."
O mother of the clouds, forgive our dreams."
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