Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal >>

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. >>

Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens. >>

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor >>

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. >>

Artists must be sacrificed to their art.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo