Art Quote by Aristotle

“Why is it that all men who have become outstanding in philosophy, statesmanship, poetry or the arts are melancholic,”

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

“Men of outstanding ability are more likely to lack the power of controlling their own people than of defeating an enemy in battle.”

— Titus Livius

“The experience of mankind on the earth is always changing as man develops and has to deal with new combinations of elements; and the…

— Edmund Wilson

Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius.

— Isaac D'Israeli

“He didn't much like reading novels - he preferred history or philosophy - or poetry, although he could read only a little poetry at…

— Claire Messud

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

In Dogen's writing, the practical instruction, philosophy and poetry are together in one voice. People hear about his poetry, go to his work, and…

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

“But while we are confined to books, though the most select and classic, and read only particular written languages, which are themselves but dialects…

— Anonymous

Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. It does not argue, it simply sings its own…

— Rajneesh

“15. “Master Filippus believes that three disciplines define us as humans,” Miri said while they walked to the peat pits. “History, Philosophy, and Poetry.…

— Shannon Hale

The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation and appearance…

— Gaston Bachelard

“Poetry and Philosophy (The Sonnet) Good poetry is but philosophy, Good philosophy is but poetry. It is only the majority amateurs, Who insist on…

— Abhijit Naskar