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One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom the poetic passion the desire of beauty the love of art for its own sake has most.
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry prophecy and religion all in one.
Quotes By John Ruskin
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Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact than the richest...
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Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools to be precise and...
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Men cannot not live by exchanging articles but producing them. They live by...
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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips others by their restlessness...
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There is never vulgarity in a whole truth however commonplace. It may be...
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In order that people may be happy in their work these three things are...
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No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its...
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The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances and...
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You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or...
Quotes About Poetry
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He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to...
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Poetry asks people to have values form opinions care about some other part...
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For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly...
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I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good...
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently link by link with sweat and...
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I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
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Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.