In the Greek cities, it was reckoned profane, that any person should pretend a property in a work of art which belonged to all who could behold it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Conduct of Life

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Wealth The Conduct of Life

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United States

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Wealth." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Wealth.” The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

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Another quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men are what their mothers made them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fate

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Topic
Mothers and sons Formation of character

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Fate The Conduct of Life
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Fate." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Fate." The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

Another quote from the 1860s

It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.

Matthew Arnold

Democracy

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Topic
Freedom of thought Thoughts

Author

Matthew Arnold
Source
Democracy
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1861 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Democracy." The Popular Education of France: With Notices of that of Holland and Switzerland. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Democracy." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.

Another quote about Art

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.

Pablo Picasso

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Painting Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.

Another quote from 1860

Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The House of the Dead

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Adaptability Nature of man

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
The House of the Dead
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.