Possess

Famous quotes containing the word possess:

    For that fine madness still he did retain
    Which rightly should possess a poet’s brain.
    Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
    Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
    Walter Pater (1839–1894)