Creativity and problem-solving
What it means
Hemingway kept looking at words as if seeing them for the first time. Fresh attention to familiar tools is a habit of good craft.
About the author
Ernest Hemingway — American author and journalist (1899–1961).
Source and verification
- Source
- Letter (9 April 1945); published in Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917–1961 (1981) edited by Carlos Baker
- Reference
- Ernest Hemingway on Wikiquote
- Checked
- Wording and source taken from the sourced section of the author’s Wikiquote page, which cites the work given here (accessed 2026-10-11).
- Copyright
- Short quotation from a work that is still in copyright, reproduced briefly for commentary with full attribution. Rights remain with the author or their estate.
The explanation above is ToDoMatriX’s own reading of the quote, not the author’s words.