Ralph Waldo Emerson
459 quotations
The true poem is the poet's mind.
Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.
Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.
New arts destroy the old.
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
Art is the path of the creator to his work.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Artists must be sacrificed to their art.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
We have more than we use.
Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.
Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.
Poverty consist in feeling poor.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
The creation of a thousand forest in one acorn.
The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.
Wherever there is power there is age.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
There is no knowledge that is not power.
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.
The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.
Today is a king in disguise.