Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Art Quotes, Beauty Quotes, Creation Quotes

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

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

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

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but...

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody