Every artist was first an amateur.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Artistic development Artists

Speaker

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Progress of Culture

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Progress of Culture." Phi Beta Kappa society meeting. 18 July 1867, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, UK.

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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Topic
Going for it Taking risks

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Prudence Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

Another quote from the 1860s

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

George Sand

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Topic
Paying attention Observation

Author

George Sand
Language
French
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Sand, George. Letter to Madame Juliette Lamber. 7 Apr. 1868.

Another quote from 1867

Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves suck back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.
Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Aegean.

Matthew Arnold

Dover Beach

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Topic
The beach Waves Melancholy

Author

Matthew Arnold
Source
Dover Beach
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Dover Beach." New Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867, I. 9.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Dover Beach." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012, I. 9.