In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. The… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In the Greek cities, it was reckoned profane, that any person should pretend a property in a work of art, which belonged… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Each work of art excludes the world, concentrates attention on itself. For the time it is the only thing worth doing -to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our own spontaneous… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is commonly said by farmers, that a good pear or apple costs no more time or pains to rear, than a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit, in every work of art; since the author of it was not misled by anything… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
