William Faulkner used this phrase as part of his Nobel
Prize of Literature speech banquet in 1949.
What he means
by this quote is that the best expressions in written language are often the most
simple, sincere, and natural that can be found. Love, pride, compassion, and sacrifice
are examples of the most basic emotions of human
nature.
Why adulterate or water down literature using
topics that are much too complex to understand or too tedious to even discuss? Why look
for more problems within reality when our every day life gives us so much to marvel at
and cherish deeply?
Old universal truths are constants, not
variables. They are so strongly anchored within our psyche that they will hardly ever
change or change our perception of them. The basic elements of humanity are to be
explored and celebrated. There is no artificial additives in good literature. Anything
that is true, pure, and simple is great. Anything that attempts against that is simply
violating any artistic canon of literary beauty.
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