Walter Pater Quotes:
Ocupation: Critic
Life: August 4, 1839 - July 30, 1894
Birthday: August 4
Death: July 30
We need some imaginative stimulus, some not impossible ideal such as may shape vague hope, and transform it into effective desire, to carry us year after year, without disgust, through the routine-work which is so large a part of life.
source: Walter Pater (2006). “Marius the Epicurean: Easyread Large Edition”, p.233, ReadHowYouWant.com
topic: Years, Desire, Needs, Routine Work
