I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty. - Edgar Allan Poe 1 Share Now -
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.' - Edgar Allan Poe 2 Share Now -
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.' - Edgar Allan Poe 3 Share Now -
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. - Edgar Allan Poe 4 Share Now -
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. - Edgar Allan Poe 5 Share Now -
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led. - Edgar Allan Poe 6 Share Now -
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - Edgar Allan Poe 7 Share Now -
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. - Edgar Allan Poe 8 Share Now -
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. - Edgar Allan Poe 10 Share Now -
