“Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'”
Art
“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.”
BeautyAll Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe
“I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.”
Faith“To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.”
Great“The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.”
Dreams“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.”
Intelligence“It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.”
Future“I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.”
Beauty“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.”
Beauty“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”
Dreams“The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.”
Imagination“All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.”
Fear“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.”
Imagination“There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.”
Friendship“The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.”
Death“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
Beauty“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”
Pet“Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.”
Life“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.”
Power“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”
Best“I have great faith in fools self-confidence my friends call it.”
Faith