"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist." — Robert Schumann

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness

Source: Endymion (1818)

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul

Source: The Spectator, no. 215 (1711)

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart

Source: Emma (1815)

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Source: Walden (1854)

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known

Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

Robert Schumann Quote