--- title: "7 Romanticist Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Romanticist quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Romanticist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/william-carlos-williams-1841_love_you-re-a-romanticist-what-do-you-think-a_129743.png" --- > [“You're a romanticist. What do you think a man is, a papaya? To digest your dinner? In pill form?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-carlos-williams/you-re-a-romanticist-what-do-you-think-a-man-is-a-papaya-to-digest/) [William Carlos Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-carlos-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/william-carlos-williams-1841_love_you-re-a-romanticist-what-do-you-think-a_129743.png) > [The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-classicist-and-the-naturalist-who-has-much-in-common-with-him/) [Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/herbert-read-7906_art_the-classicist-and-the-naturalist-who-ha_268795.jpg) > [Imagination is the supreme endowment of the poet and romanticist. It is a kind of second sight, which conveys the owner of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-corelli/imagination-is-the-supreme-endowment-of-the-poet-and-romanticist-it/) [Marie Corelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-corelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/marie-corelli-7507_circumstances_imagination-is-the-supreme-endowment-of_384196.jpg) > [I'm not only a romanticist but a romantic myself. I take it for granted the originality matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fry/i-m-not-only-a-romanticist-but-a-romantic-myself-i-take-it-for/) [Paul Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/paul-fry-29543_creativity_i-m-not-only-a-romanticist-but-a-romanti_1258724.jpg) > [“Now the zest of romanticism consists in taking what you know is an independent and ancient world as if it were material…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-santayana/now-the-zest-of-romanticism-consists-in-taking-what-you-know-is-an/) [George Santayana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-santayana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/george-santayana-478_barbarism_now-the-zest-of-romanticism-consists-in_2115402.jpg) > [“How do you know I'm a romanticist?" Like most romanticists Anwar too prided himself on being a realist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khwaja-ahmad-abbas/how-do-you-know-i-m-a-romanticist-like-most-romanticists-anwar-too/) [Khwaja Ahmad Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khwaja-ahmad-abbas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/khwaja-ahmad-abbas-55274_love_how-do-you-know-i-m-a-romanticist-like-m_2135757.jpg) > [I'm a romanticist in many ways. I never get behind the wheel of my boat and dropping the anchor without saying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-m-a-romanticist-in-many-ways-i-never-get-behind-the-wheel-of-my/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/walter-cronkite-1759_anchor_i-m-a-romanticist-in-many-ways-i-never-g_2948353.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romanticist/#itemlist", "name": "Romanticist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You're a romanticist. What do you think a man is, a papaya? To digest your dinner? 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