More from John Steinbeck
- Interview with Robert van Gelder (April 1947), as quoted in John Steinbeck: A Biography (1994) by Jay Parini
- The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part One, Ch. VI
- Travels With Charley: In Search of America (1962), Pt. 2
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
“…like captured fireflies” (1955)
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