Much of a poet's experience takes place in imagination only; the life he tells is oftenest the life that he strongly desires… — George Edward Woodberry Desire Copy Share Image
From the beginning, about the rude altar of the god, to the days of Goethe, of Leopardi, and of Victor Hugo, the… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
Art does not, like science, set forth a permanent order of nature, the enduring skeleton of law. Two factors primarily determine its… — George Edward Woodberry Art Copy Share Image
Always, some great culture is dying to enrich the soil of new harvests, some civlization is crumbling to rubbish to be the… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
The Greeks, those originators of the intellectual life, fixed for us the idea of the poet. He was a divine man; more… — George Edward Woodberry Divine Copy Share Image
Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his… — George Edward Woodberry Civilization Copy Share Image
A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language… — George Edward Woodberry Expression Copy Share Image
Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art… — George Edward Woodberry Art Copy Share Image
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a… — George Edward Woodberry Advancement Copy Share Image
Seasonal changes, as it were, take place in history, when there is practically an almost universal death, a falling of the foliage… — George Edward Woodberry Ancient Copy Share Image
One can re-create what was in the mind of a mathematician a thousand years ago, recapture the truth of the intellect wherever… — George Edward Woodberry Art Copy Share Image
