1913

Explore 24 quotes from the year 1913

As a white candle
In a holy place,
So is the beauty
Of an aged face.

Joseph Campbell (poet)

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Topic

Beauty and aging Old age

Author

Joseph Campbell (poet)

Source

The Old Woman

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Campbell, Joseph. "The Old Woman." Irishry. Maunsel & Company, 1913, st. 1.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Joyce Kilmer

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Topic

God and man Creativity Trees

Author

Joyce Kilmer

Source

Trees

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Kilmer, Joyce. "Trees." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, 1913, I. 11.

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic

Men and women Relationships

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

Swann's Way In Search of Lost Time

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann [The Way by Swann's]. Paris: Grasset, 1913.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. Swann's Way, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2004.

I want anyone tired, worn down, driven to the limits of endurance, to find calm and repose in my painting.

Henri Matisse

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Topic

Purpose of art Art

Author

Henri Matisse

Language

French

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Matisse, Henri. Quoted in "Henri Matisse." Les Cahiers d'aujourd'hui, written by Marcel Sembat. Paris: George Besson, 1913, no. 4.

Current Citation

Matisse, Henri. Quoted in Matisse the Master, written by Hilary Spurling. Vol. 2, Penguin Classics, 2006.