Music, art and literature Quotes

Music is the universal language of mankind

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical

Nature is a revelation of God; art is a revelation of man

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.