Almanac: Andrei Sinyavsky on style vs. genius by Terry Teachout

"A stylist is usually a very diffident person who tries to compensate for his sense of inadequacy by careful attention to every word. A diffident man cannot allow himself to work badly, in slipshod fashion"as a genius can." Andrei Sinyavsky, A Voice from the Chorus (trans. Kyril Fitzlyon and Max Hayward, courtesy of Patrick Kurp)

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