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The joy and function of poetry is, and was, the celebration of man, which is also the celebration of God.
Dylan Thomas1914–1953Poetic Manifesto (1951)
- God
- Poetry
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.
Hunter S. Thompson1937–2005
- Clever Jabs
- Music
My life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Friday
- Life & Death
- Poetry
You might as well think to go in pursuit of the rainbow, and embrace it on the next hill, as to embrace the whole of poetry even in thought.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Journal (26 January 1840)
- Poetry
Poetry — No definition of poetry is adequate unless it be poetry itself.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Journal (26 January 1840)
- Poetry
Fantasy is a higher form of Art, indeed the most nearly pure form, and so (when achieved) the most potent.
J. R. R. Tolkien1892–1973On Fairy-Stories (1939)
For myth is alive at once and in all its parts, and dies before it can be dissected.
J. R. R. Tolkien1892–1973“Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics” (1936), p. 14
When we can take green from grass, blue from heaven, and red from blood, we have already an enchanter’s power.
J. R. R. Tolkien1892–1973On Fairy-Stories (1939)
Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910What is Art? (1897), Ch. 8
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910What is Art? (1897)
- Emotion
The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.
Lionel Trilling1905–1975The Liberal Imagination (1950), Freud and Literature
- Poetry
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
Lionel Trilling1905–1975“The Novel Alive or Dead,” A Gathering of Fugitives: New Essays (1956)
Film lovers are sick people.
François Truffaut1932–1984
- Movies
There’s always been an emotion in my voice because it reached back to the life I was living. Where there were tears on stage, it wasn’t Hollywood, it was real.
Tina Turner1939–2023My Love Story (2018/19), Motto
- Emotion
- Music
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
?UnattributedOften credited to Steve Martin
- Music