Orpheus Quotes

13 quotes by 12 authors

Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Ever… — William Shakespeare
How infinitely happier and more grateful is the whole personality or spirit when it finds something nourishing in art or writing or thinking, than the… — Kenny Smith
I will point ye out the right path of a virtuous and noble Education; laborious indeed at first ascent, but else so smooth, so green,… — John Milton
And I think that it is certainly possible that the objective universe can be affected by the poet. I mean, you recall Orpheus made the… — Jack Spicer
Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek. — John Milton
So to the lyre of Orpheus they struck with their oars, The furious water of the sea, and the surge broke into waves. Here and… — Barry S. Strauss
When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd. — Logan Marshall-Green
But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again; The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams… — Alexander Pope
Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A glorious place, a glorious age, I tell you! A very Neon renaissance - And the myths that actually touched you at that time -… — Tom Wolfe
Mortimer's face twisted when the Piper pressed his knife against his ribs. Oh yes, he's obviously made the wrong enemies in this story, thought Orpheus.… — Cornelia Funke
Husband, we talked about this," Persephone chided. "You can't go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he's brave. I like that." Hades rolled his eyes. "You… — Rick Riordan
Yet the story of Orpheus, it occurs to me, is not just about the desire of the living to resuscitate the dead but about the… — Meghan O'Rourke

Who Wrote These Orpheus Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 13 Orpheus Quotes as follows: