Hymn To Intellectual Beauty

Famous quotes containing the words hymn, intellectual and/or beauty:

“The starting point of the human and the end,
That in which space itself is contained, the gate
To the enclosure, day, the things illumined
By day, night and that which night illumines,
Night and its midnight-minting fragrances,
Night’s hymn of the rock, as in a vivid sleep.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“When “reality” is sought for at large, it is without intellectual import; at most the term carries the connotation of an agreeable emotional state.”
—John Dewey (1859–1952)

“We have taken beauty and exchanged it for stilted voices.”
—D.W. (David Wark)