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Art can teach without at all ceasing to be art.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Letter to I.O. Evans
When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847), Part I, section 1.
- Beauty
- Music
Every great poem is in itself limited by necessity, — but in its suggestions unlimited and infinite.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Table-Talk (1857)
- Poetry
For his heart was in his work, and the heart
Giveth grace unto every Art.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Building of the Ship, Line 7.
- Work
Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their universal pastime and delight.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Outre-Mer (1835).
- Music
- Poetry
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Arrow and the Song (1845)In context
- Friendship
- Music
Should you ask me, whence these stories?
Whence these legends and traditions,
With the odors of the forest,
With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams,
With the rushing of great rivers,
With their frequent repetitions,
And their wild reverberations,
As of thunder in the mountains?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Song of Hiawatha (1855), IntroductionIn context
- Nature
- Poetry
Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest external horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.
Audre Lorde1934–1992Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984), “Poetry is Not a Luxury”, p. 37
- Poetry
I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.
Courtney Loveborn 1964On women playing rock music, quoted in 1991, from This is the Sound: The Best of Alternative Rock (2008), p. 71
- Music
- Women
Our family are an alternate stratification of poetry and mathematics.
Ada Lovelace1815–1852In a letter to Andrew Crosse, as quoted in Eugen Kölbing’s Englische Studien, Volume 19 (1894), Leipzig
- Family
- Poetry
Sound is half the experience of seeing a film. That’s why I have been bothered by the poor sound reproduction in many theaters and most homes.
George Lucasborn 1944“In the Action With ‘Star Wars’ Sound”, The New York Times (3 May 1992)
- Movies
Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Good night!
John Lydonborn 1956At the end of the last Sex Pistols concert, Winterland Theater, San Francisco, California (14 January 1978)
- Music
We all reflect the world we live in. Even if you make a period film, it will reflect your times.
David Lynch1946–2025Catching the Big Fish (2006), “Darkness”, p. 91
- Movies
Anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a story, but they are like poison to the filmmaker or artist.
David Lynch1946–2025Catching the Big Fish (2006), “Suffocating Rubber Clown Suit”, p. 8
- Emotion
A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory. He must be an artist indeed who can, in any mode, produce a strict allegory that is not a weariness to the spirit.
George MacDonald1824–1905The Fantastic Imagination (1893)
- Writing