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.'
タグ: soul, man, art, nature

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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
タグ: truth, relevance, philosophy, life, irrelevance
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but i feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
タグ: poetry, love
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
タグ: poetry
The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
タグ: women, poetry, death, beauty
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
タグ: out, imagination, poetry, fear, religion, organized-religion, irreligion
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