# Quote — John Fowles, The Ebony Tower

> That's all. Just paint. That's my advice. Leave the clever talk to the poor sods who can't.

- Author: [John Fowles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles.md)
- Book: [The Ebony Tower](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles/the-ebony-tower.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles/the-ebony-tower/thats-all-just

## More from this book

> The tender pragmatisms of flesh have poetries no enigma, human or divine, can diminish or demean - indeed, it can only cause them, and then walk out.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-fowles/the-ebony-tower/the-tender-pragmatisms.md)

> The princess calls, but there is no one, now, to hear her.

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