Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Art Quotes

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

Good temper is an estate for life

Good temper is an estate for life

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are...

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are...

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.