What did George Eliot mean by: It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. George Eliot Author · England Copy
+ So to live is heaven; to make undying music in the world. Author, September 17, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Immortality, Life, Music, 0 George Eliot Author · England
When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Mastery, Skill, Versatility, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Effortlessness, Happiness, Inspiration, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Impact, Perception, Truth, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Impartiality, Merit, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. Author, September 24, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Authenticity, Perception, Reality, 0 George Eliot Author · England
It’s no trifle at her time at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Aging, Health, Trust, 0 George Eliot Author · England
It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Deception, Foolishness, Perception, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
