With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

Topics: Passion Quotes

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe....

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe....

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be,...

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be,...

That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most...

That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery

Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

I reject your reality and substitute it for my own.

I reject your reality and substitute it for my own.

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history...

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.