Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

Edgar Allan Poe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849

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NatureArtSoulManNameArtist

I love doing third albums. A group makes its first album, and then the record company rushes them into the studio to make their second album. After that, they go, 'Whoa, wait a second.' They get a little more confident. They step back and say, 'Okay, now we're gonna do it.'

Jimmy Iovine

LoveStepWaitConfidentDoingBack

I was a Brownie Scout mother.

Joan Rivers

MotherScout

I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool.

Joan Rivers

FoolChildWorldThinkCountryAny

If waterboarding's OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so we can learn what they know? We only seem to waterboard Muslims... Have we waterboarded anyone else?

Jesse Ventura

PoliceLearnKnowWhySeemOnly

I don't see how English as we use it in Europe can be revivified. It's like Latin must have been in about A.D. 300, tired and used up. All one can do is press very hard stylistically to make it glow.

John Banville

TiredGlowHardSeeEuropeUp

It may be those who do most, dream most.

Stephen Leacock

DreamMayWhoMostThose

I like listening to good music - and I can't stop playing my album.

Robbie Williams

GoodMusicListeningStopPlaying

People tend to think of the quest as a sort of fanciful or fantastical form, but actually, I think it's pretty realistic. I think that story of gathering allies to your side - recruiting your band of companions - actually matches the shape of most great careers, most great lives.

Robin Sloan

GreatPeopleStoryThinkGathering

I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country and who believes that, once again, we can be one nation under God.

Mike Huckabee

LeadershipGodGreatnessThink

I just really like being with my sister.

Milly Shapiro

SisterBeingJustLikeReally

It took so much of the tension out of me that my friends and family won't see me on this show.

Jonathan Frid

FamilyFriends And FamilyMeFriends

I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.

Johnny Damon

GreatTimeMyselfFreeYearBoston

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