Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. M >>

We do what we must, and call it by the best names. >>

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their s >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an >>

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why >>

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part th >>

The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo