Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

Quote by Louise Bogan

Topics: Achievement Quotes, Innocence Quotes

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he...

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he...

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to...

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to...

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

Life on the planet is born of woman.

Life on the planet is born of woman.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those...

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those...

When women have a voice in national and international affairs, wars will cease forever.

When women have a voice in national and international affairs, wars will cease forever.

After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would...

After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would...

There is one thing I would break up over and that is if she caught...

There is one thing I would break up over and that is if she caught...

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say...

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say...

A low trick I hate to stoop to is tying and untying my shoelaces. It...

A low trick I hate to stoop to is tying and untying my shoelaces. It...

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because...

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because...

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is...

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is...

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.