Art is Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

10 Art is quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When you need a quick spark of insight into the nature of creativity, Emerson’s ten succinct musings offer a compact look at his philosophy of art.

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Art is evidence of our most creative moment.

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Art is the path of the creator to his work.

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Art is a jealous mistress.

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Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a…

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A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest…

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Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door,…

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A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature.…

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The refining influence is the study of art, which is the science of beauty; and I find that every man values every…

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Art is the need to create; but in its essence, immense and universal, it is impatient of working with lame or tied…

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Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and…

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Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.

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“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…

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The order of things consents to virtue.

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Life only avails, not the having lived.

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A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

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No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

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