● Home » Topics » A Topics
2. “The antique volume which I had taken up was the “Mad Trist” of Sir Launcelot Canning; but I had called it a favorite of Usher’s more in sad jest than in earnest; for, in truth, there is little in its uncouth and unimaginative prolixity which could have had interest for the lofty and spiritual ideality of my friend.”
Edgar Allan Poe
Literature, Critique, Memory, Philosophical Insight, Character Analysis, Artistic Value
3. “It may be that those who care for poetry lost little by his death. Fluent in prose, he never wrote verse for the sake of making a poem. When a refrain of image haunted him, the lyric that resulted was the inspiration, as he himself said, of a passion, not of a purpose.” Edgar Allan Poe Poetry, Death, Creativity, Inspiration, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Value
10. “The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose...and is a test of the quality of a nation's civilization.” John F. Kennedy Cultural Importance, National Identity, Artistic Value, Arts, Culture, Civilization
Artistic Value Quotes by Famous Authors
2. “The antique volume which I had taken up was the “Mad Trist” of Sir Launcelot Canning; but I had called it a favorite of Usher’s more in sad jest than in earnest; for, in truth, there is little in its uncouth and unimaginative prolixity which could have had interest for the lofty and spiritual ideality of my friend.”
Edgar Allan Poe Literature, Critique, Memory, Philosophical Insight, Character Analysis, Artistic Value
3. “It may be that those who care for poetry lost little by his death. Fluent in prose, he never wrote verse for the sake of making a poem. When a refrain of image haunted him, the lyric that resulted was the inspiration, as he himself said, of a passion, not of a purpose.”
Edgar Allan Poe Poetry, Death, Creativity, Inspiration, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Value
10. “The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose...and is a test of the quality of a nation's civilization.”
John F. Kennedy Cultural Importance, National Identity, Artistic Value, Arts, Culture, Civilization
