Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Art Quotes, Wall Quotes

Art should exhilarate, and throw down the walls of circumstance on every side, awakening in the beholder the same sense of universal relation and power which the work evinced in the artist.

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The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward.

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To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

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Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

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Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money.

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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

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By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

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Great is paint; nay, God is the painter; and we rightly accuse the critic who destroys too many illusions. Society does not love its unmaskers.

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Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time.

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A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse.

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Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to deed. A skillful man reads his dreams for his self-knowledge; yet not the details, but the quality. What part does he play in them - a cheerful, manly part, or a poor, drivelling part? However monstrous and grotesque their apparitions, they have a substantial truth.

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I can believe a miracle because I can raise my own arm. I can believe a miracle because I can remember. I can believe it because I can speak and be understood by you.

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Age, like woman, requires fit surroundings.

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Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

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The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

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The only joy in his being mine, is that the not mine is mine.

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The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.

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When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners.

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The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.

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The first point of courtesy must always be truth.

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