But the culture-vultures and the intellectual snobs, and the self-appointed guardians of the Muses, often frighten off the average person from the free development of this appetite.
In art, music, and writing, if it's not of the heart, it means nothing.
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To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?
It's quite simple. I just don't feel right without a pen in my hand denting a hole through my notepad.
If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
We need our Arts to teach us how to breathe
Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or...
Music fountains from purity, travels through serenity and dissolves with tranquility.