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E. M. Forster Quotes

E. M. Forster quotes about art

English Novelist January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970

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Remember that it's only by going off the track that you get to know the country...And don't, let me beg you, go with that awful tourist idea that Italy's only a museum of antiquities and art. Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvelous than the land. E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster quote: "The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life,..."
The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. E. M. Forster
For that little incident had impressed the three women more than might be supposed. It remained as a goblin footfall, as a hint that all is not for the best in the best of all possible worlds, and that beneath these superstructures of wealth and art there wanders an ill-fed boy, who has recovered his umbrella indeed, but who has left no address behind him, and no name. E. M. Forster
Yet complicated people were getting wet - not only the shepherds. For instance, the piano-tuner was sopping. So was the vicar's wife. So were the lieutenant and the peevish damsels in his Battlesden car. Gallantry, charity, and art pursued their various missions, perspiring and muddy, while out on the slopes beyond them stood the eternal man and the eternal dog, guarding eternal sheep until the world is vegetarian. E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster quote: "The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect..."
The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists. E. M. Forster
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster quote: "To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art;..."
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way. E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster quote: "To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art."
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art. E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster quote: "A work of art is never finished. It is merely abandoned."
A work of art is never finished. It is merely abandoned. E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster quote: "History develops, art stands still."
History develops, art stands still. E. M. Forster

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