Willa Cather Nebraska Quotes & Sayings

Of course Nebraska is a storehouse of literary material. Everywhere is a storehouse of literary material. If a true artist were born in a pigpen and raised in a sty, he would still find plenty of inspiration for his work. The only need is the eye to see. — Willa Cather

One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away. — Willa Cather

Nebraska was home to indigenous peoples for centuries. It became a state in 1867, and has produced an important literary figure, Willa Cather, as well as an investor said to be the world's second richest man, Warren Buffett. — Stephen Kinzer

The only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that it was still, all day long, Nebraska. — Willa Cather

Art, like Nebraska, is a journey into thin air, a walk into whiteness, where you lose everything but yourself. — Joan Acocella