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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Art Quotes, Beauty Quotes, Creation Quotes

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

All mankind loves a lover.

All mankind loves a lover.

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Anglo-American culture seems to be governed by the perverse belief that portrayals of the body's...

Anglo-American culture seems to be governed by the perverse belief that portrayals of the body's...

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...