Quotes to Get Motivated · Page 19
High-energy words to get you off the couch and into action.
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“The questioning of linguistic conventions is one of the main duties of what we call literature.”
“All art preserves mysteries which aesthetic philosophers tackle in vain.”
“The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.”
“Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.”
“Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.”
“The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.”
“I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
“If others can see it as I have seen it, then it may be called a vision rather than a dream.”
“Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, / Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?”
“Trust not too much to that enchanting face; Beauty's a charm, but soon the charm will pass.”
“Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.”
“Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.”
“Those who will not worship at the shrine of money, need not hope for recognition.”