A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. E. M. Forster Poetry
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. E. M. Forster Mom
The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. E. M. Forster Art
We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. E. M. Forster Freedom
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? E. M. Forster Good
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way. E. M. Forster Art
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? E. M. Forster Nature
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. E. M. Forster Art
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. E. M. Forster Life