Quotes about George Henry Lewes

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect...

#George Henry Lewes

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view...

#George Henry Lewes

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

#George Henry Lewes

Insight is the first condition of Art.

#George Henry Lewes

In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.

#George Henry Lewes

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as...

#George Henry Lewes

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all...

#George Henry Lewes

If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the...

#George Henry Lewes

Good writers are of necessity rare.

#George Henry Lewes

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

#George Henry Lewes

Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style...

#George Henry Lewes

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth,...

#George Henry Lewes