Richard Holmes Quotes

A collection of quotes by Richard Holmes.

Richard Holmes is a renowned British biographer and historian, born on November 5, 1945. He is best known for his insightful and comprehensive biographies of famous figures, including Percy Bysshe Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Holmes has received numerous accolades for his work, including the Whitbread Book Award for Biography and the Somerset Maugham Award. His books are highly regarded for their meticulous research and engaging storytelling, making him a respected authority in the field of biography. Holmes has also been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature since 1983.

A biography is like a handshake down the years, that can bec

A biography is like a handshake down the years, that can become an arm-wrestle.

Richard Holmes


Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings a

Physical vision - one might say scientific vision - brings about a metaphysical shift in the observer's view of reality as a whole. The geography of the earth, or the structure of the solar system, are in an instant utterly changed, and forever. The explorer, the scientific observer, the literary reader, experience the Sublime: a moment of revelation into the idea of the unbounded, the infinite.

Richard Holmes

Science Reading Inspirational Observation Vision Sublime Ineffable