This quote is written / told by Herman Melville between August 1, 1819 and September 28, 1891. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA.
The author also have 44 other quotes.
"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface"
"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"