| An inventor is a poet--a true poet--and
nothing in any degree less than a high order of poet--wherefore his noblest
pleasure dies with the stroke that completes the creature of his genius,
just as the painter's & the sculptor's & other poets' highest pleasure
ceases with the touch that finishes their work-- & so only he can understand
or appreciate the legitimate "success" of his achievement, little
minds being able to get no higher than a comprehension of a vulgar moneyed
success. - Letter to Pamela Moffett, 12 June 1870 |
 AI image created by R. Kent Rasmussen |
 Portrait of Clemens by Henry Rauchinger Used as frontispiece for a German edition of TOM SAWYER ABROAD. From the Dave Thomson collection. According to Carl Dolmetsch in OUR FAMOUS GUEST, Rauchinger's portrait was part of a publicity stunt to promote Jan Szczepanik's looming device invention called the "Raster." The chalk portrait was copied by the design machine onto a piece of cloth in cream and black silk threads. Twain liked the portrait so much that he had it reproduced on postcards by Dagobert Wlashim. |
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