# Quote — Wendell Berry, The Way of Ignorance

> The most insistent and formidable concern of agriculture, wherever it is taken seriously, is the distinct individuality of every farm, every field on every farm, every farm family, and every creature on every farm.

- Author: [Wendell Berry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry.md)
- Book: [The Way of Ignorance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry/the-way-of-ignorance.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry/the-way-of-ignorance/the-most-insistent

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> The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly.

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> To farm is to be placed absolutely.

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> In the effort to tell a whole story, to see it whole and clear, I have had to imagine more than I have known.

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