Art Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “So poetry, which is in Oxford made An art, in London only is a trade.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art London Made Oxford Poetry Trade
As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
“[Poetry] is a field where England can take on all challengers.” — Patrick Leigh Fermor Copy Share Image
I am a patriot, but I must say that English poetry is the richest in the world. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
“Many of the poets writing today are hung up on language and symbolism. If the poem does not have depth of meaning or fit… — Harley King Copy Share Image
In spite of the roaring of the young lions at the Union, and the screaming of the rabbits in the home of the vivisect,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In America they make too much fuss of poets; in London they make too little. — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
Do you know, Considering the market, there are more Poems produced than any other thing? No wonder poets sometimes have to seem So much… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
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