E. M. Forster Quotes

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

E. M. Forster

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970

Topics

ArtOpinionBelieveUniverseWhy

Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!

Joe Jamail

MediocrityYouKnowDo You KnowRoot

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

Joe DiMaggio

TimeBestMeSeeingFirst TimeKid

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

TimeEnoughWillAlwaysWellApply

It is such a complex matter we live within, it is impossible to track logic and decision making really, so therefore each choice can actually only be seen as coincidence.

Alva Noto

LiveDecisionImpossibleLogicSeen

Washington is unpredictable these days.

Steve Wynn

WashingtonUnpredictableDays

When it came to foods it was a guessing game.

Tony Perez

GameGuessingFoodsCame

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

Rod Taylor

GratefulPeopleThinkTrySuccessful

A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express his attitude toward the reality surrounding him, be it a landscape or a state; to capture his state of mind at a given instant; to leave - as he thinks at that moment - a trace on the earth.

Joseph Brodsky

AttitudeHeartMomentMindWin

When I was at school, you couldn't draw and be into football, too. If you were into art, then you were seen as an absolute pansy, and there was no way you'd be admitted to the guys' world of football.

Peter Capaldi

ArtFootballSchoolWorldYouWay

I don't know how to be sexy on a date. Put up a camera and a wind machine, and I'll give you sexy. Put me at a dinner table with some candlelight and the moon shining in and, oh, I will give you dork.

Tyra Banks

MeMoonWindDinnerSexyCamera

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

Mark Twain

WayMoreAwardsNormalNoiseRefuse

The autobiographer works in a treacherous terrain. The journalist has a much safer job.

Janet Malcolm

JobJournalistMuchTerrainWorks

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