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Matthew Arnold

British poet and cultural critic

1822–1888

24 quotes, most often on Poetry, Politics and Writing.

The crown of literature is poetry.
Essays in Criticism, second series (1888), Count Leo Tolstoi
- Poetry
Others abide our question. Thou art free.
We ask and ask — Thou smilest and art still,
Out-topping knowledge.
The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems (1849), “Shakespeare”, l. 1
- Genius
- Poetry
For poetry the idea is everything; the rest is a world of illusion, of divine illusion. Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea; the idea is the fact. The strongest part of our religion today is its unconscious poetry.
Introduction to Ward’s English Poets (1880)
- Poetry
- Religion
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.
Essays in Criticism (1865), “Heinrich Heine”
- Poetry
The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.
On Translating Homer: Last Words (1862)
- Poetry

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