Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

Quote by E M Forster

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It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....