Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and significant in proportion to the clarity and fulness with which they incarnate this vision. George Edward Woodberry artbrightbum share on social
Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as the saying is; but the generations are bound together by the golden links of the great tradition of civilization. George Edward Woodberry bindcivilizationdepend share on social
You may name a bronze statue 'Liberty,' or a painted figure in a city hall 'Commerce,' or a marble form in a temple 'Athene' or 'Venus;' but what is really there is only a representation of a single woman. George Edward Woodberry athenebronzecity share on social
I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world. George Edward Woodberry bearcharacterideal Change image and share on social
I seldom deal in symbolisms; if there be hidden meanings in my verse, they are there without my knowledge. George Edward Woodberry dealhideknowledge Change image and share on social
The world is a multiplicity, a harvest-field, a battle-ground; and thence arises through human contact ways of numbering, or mathematics, ways of tillage, or agriculture, ways of fighting, or military tactics and strategy, and these are incorporated in individuals as habits of life. George Edward Woodberry agriculturearisebattle share on social
From the beginning, about the rude altar of the god, to the days of Goethe, of Leopardi, and of Victor Hugo, the poet is the leader in the dance of life; and the phrase by which we name his singularity, the poetic temperament, denotes the primacy of that passion in his blood with which the frame of other men is less richly charged. George Edward Woodberry altarbeginblood share on social
It does not appear to me to be open to question that there is in the soul of man a nature and an order obtaining in it as permanent and universal as in the material world. George Edward Woodberry manmaterialnature Change image and share on social
The great effort of civilization has been, and still is, the attempt to introduce a principle of control into that casual swarm of impressions which makes up men's thought and of which, especially with swayed by emotion, spontaneous action is the law. George Edward Woodberry actionattemptcasual share on social
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a living and growing body of knowledge; but art on the contrary has many times run its course to an end, and exhausted its vital power. George Edward Woodberry advancementartbody share on social