8 Quotes & Sayings By Ella Maillart

Ella Maillart is a French journalist and author of a number of books on art and creativity. Her first novel, "The Art of Dreaming", was published in French in 2008 and won the Prix du Roman Fnac. In 2011, her second novel, "The Art of Living" was published in France and the US. It has been translated into many other languages as well as being made as a movie Read more

In 2015, she released the book "The Art of Becoming". In 2017, she released her third novel "The Art of Creating".

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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. Ella Maillart
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You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. Ella Maillart
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Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. Ella Maillart
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Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance. Ella Maillart
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One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. Ella Maillart
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It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. Ella Maillart
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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. Ella Maillart