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Quote 3122
I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 3121
In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 3116
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its processby: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 3114
We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 3112
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 3013
Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent timesby: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 3012
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeralby: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2967
Nature is a revelation of God; art is a revelation of manShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2961
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poeticalShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2950
Music is the universal language of mankindShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2894
The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct meritShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2886
A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of books would be constantly collapsingShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2843
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneezeShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2840
Never trust the artist. Trust the taleShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2836
The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibilityby: Charles LambShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2800
Museums are the cemeteries of the artsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2790
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answerby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2783
The agitator seizes the world. The artist is seized by itby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2782
Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vainby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2741
A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because he has no identity - he is continually informing and filling some other bodyby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2732
Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subjectby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2726
If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at allby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2717
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembranceby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2715
The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporateby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2714
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.by: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2712
A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingnessby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2710
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own worksby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2703
I am fit for nothing but literatureby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2638
As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.by: John KebleShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2612
If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2572
An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerityShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2558
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2544
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its authorShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2532
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frameShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2522
Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2510
There is nothing new in art except talentby: Anton ChekhovShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2509
A book ought to be the ax to break the frozen sea within usby: Anton ChekhovShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2497
An artist's flair is sometimes worth a scientist's brainsby: Anton ChekhovShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2496
If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutterby: Anton ChekhovShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2480
“Literature - the expression of a nation's mind in writingShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2371
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workmanShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2335
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonablyShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2332
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speakingShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2319
It requires more than mere genius to be an authorShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2318
The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2315
Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at onceby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2313
When music technology takes the place of musicianship, it's time to pull the plugby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2306
One may do whatever one likes in art: the only thing is to make sure that one does not like itby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2288
Bang-whang-whang goes the drum, tootle-tetootle the fife; no keeping one's haunches still: it's the greatest pleasure in lifeby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 2194
Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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