With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. Edgar Allan Poe passionpoetrypurpose Change image and share on social
In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed. Edgar Allan Poe casediscussexcessively Change image and share on social
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe activeagoappreciable share on social
The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee. Edgar Allan Poe findpossiblyrudiment Change image and share on social
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe accurateartartist share on social
That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful. Edgar Allan Poe beautifulcontemplationderive Change image and share on social
I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity. Edgar Allan Poe atrocitydisastereffect Change image and share on social
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime. Edgar Allan Poe argumentbedcharity Change image and share on social
