George Orwell

Who was George Orwell?

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 21 January 1950), better known by his psuedonymGeorge Orwell, was an English author. His work is marked by a profound conscientiousness of social injustice, an intense dislike of totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language.His two most popular works are 1984 and Animal Farm.

Famous Quotes:

• But the thing that I saw in your face no power can disinherit: No bomb that ever burst shatters the crystal spirit.
• To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.
• Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.
• I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.
• All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
• For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.
• If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- forever.
• Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.
• All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
• Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.