Quote by Walter Pater
All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music. - Walte

All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music. – Walter Pater

Other quotes by Walter Pater

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. – Walter Pater

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Beauty
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One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most. – Walter Pater

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Beauty
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That sense of a life in natural objects, which in most poetry is but a rhetorical artifice, was, then, in Wordsworth the assertion of what was for him almost literal fact. – Walter Pater

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Poetry
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Art
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The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination. – Elbert Hubbard

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Art

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. – Alexander Pope

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Art

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art youre an idiot. – Steve Martin

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Art

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. – Ansel Adams

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Art

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