Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Architecture Quotes, Art Quotes

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself