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If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Twelfth Night (1601), Act I, scene i.In context
- Love
- Music
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Sonnet 18 (1609), Sonnets (1609), XVIIIIn context
- Poetry
The best in this kind are but shadows; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
William Shakespeare1564–1616A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c. 1595), Act V, Scene I, spoken by TheseusIn context
- Acting
Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises,
Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Tempest (c. 1611), Act III, Scene II, spoken by CalibanIn context
- Music
- Nature
Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves to lie with me
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird’s throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
William Shakespeare1564–1616As You Like It (c. 1599), Act II, Scene V, spoken by AmiensIn context
- Music
- Nature
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention,
A kingdom for a stage, princes to act,
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry V (1599), Prologue, spoken by ChorusIn context
- Inspiration
- Poetry
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date
William Shakespeare1564–1616Sonnet 18 (1609)In context
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
William Shakespeare1564–1616Sonnet 55 (1609)In context
- Poetry
I had rather be a kitten, and cry “mew”
Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act III, Scene I, spoken by HotspurIn context
- Clever Jabs
- Poetry
A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Man and Superman (1903), Act I, p. 22; Tanner
A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
- Movies
Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
- Clever Jabs
It is more dangerous to be a great prophet or poet than to promote twenty companies for swindling simple folk out of their savings.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Misalliance (1910), Preface
- Business
- Poetry
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
Percy Bysshe Shelley1792–1822A Defence of Poetry (1821)
- Beauty
- Poetry
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Percy Bysshe Shelley1792–1822A Defence of Poetry (1821)
- Poetry