Logo
Quote by Bertrand Russell
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being mor

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. – Bertrand Russell

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Experience
Author
Bertrand Russell
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Always be a poet, even in prose. – Charles Baudelaire, “My Heart Laid Bare,” Intimate Journals, 1864

Category:
Poetry

That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. – Robert Creeley

Category:
Poetry

The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself – as a vocation and an elevation almost. – Seamus Heaney

Category:
Poetry

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasnt vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. – Patti Smith

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness. – Karl Kraus

Category:
Psychiatry

Physical beauty isnt so impressive to me. – Dita Von Teese

Category:
Beauty

A healthy outside starts from the inside. – Robert Urich

Category:
Health

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts. – Harold MacMillan

Category:
Government