Conventional Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He robbed him of a great deal of his natural force, and so do all those who try to turn books written in verse…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Anyone can have original style,” he countered. “And yet no one truly does. We’re influenced by those who came before us, beginning with the…

— Amy Tan

“Painters have often taught writers how to see.”

— James Baldwin

“I have no sympathy with the belief that art is the restricted province of those who paint, sculpt, make music and verse. I hope…

— Robert Henri

Most painters have painted themselves. So have most poets: not so palpably indeed, but more assiduously. Some have done nothing else.

— Anonymous

Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose.

— Eugenio Montale

Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a very fine…

— Edith Sitwell

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.

— Georges Seurat

“And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best: whether it be…

— Samuel Johnson

All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.

— Salman Rushdie

Every poet depends upon generations who wrote in his native tongue; he inherits styles and forms elaborated by those who lived before him. At…

— Czeslaw Milosz