“O brave poets, keep back nothing; Nor mix falsehood with the whole! Look up Godward! speak the truth in Worthy song from earnest soul! Hold, in high poetic duty, Truest Truth the fairest Beauty.” LooksSoulWholeSongSpeakPoetDutyBraveWorthyLook UpPoeticFalsehoodEarnestTruestSpeak The Truth Book:A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Source: A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“I have devoted myself to architecture as a sublime act of poetic imagination. Consequently, I am only a symbol for all those who have been touched by beauty. The words Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement, all these have nestled in my soul. Though I am fully aware that I have not done them complete justice in my work, they have never ceased to be my guiding lights.” WellsHas BeensSoulDoneLightInspirationImaginationJusticeSilenceMagicConceptsArchitectureMy SoulSymbolsIntimacyTouchedPoeticSerenityDevotedSublimeEnchantmentAmazementGuiding Light Author:Luis Barragan
“I've always been intrigued by cutout silhouettes. They are so intriguing, so poetic-the shadow of a soul. They tell everything about a character and they are open to be filled with one's own imagination.” SoulCharacterImaginationShadowFilledPoeticIntriguingIntriguedSilhouettes Author:Ann Demeulemeester
“In the beginning was the myth. God, in his search for self-expression, invested the souls of Hindus, Greeks, and Germans with poetic shapes and continues to invest each child's soul with poetry every day.” ChildrenSoulSelfExpressionShapesMythGreekPoeticSelf Expression Author:Hermann Hesse
“You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile!” LooksSoulMillionsCreaturesOrdinaryDelightPoeticCrocodiles Author:Anton Chekhov
“In ourselves, rather than in material nature, lie the true source and life of the beautiful. The human soul is the sun which diffuses light on every side, investing creation with its lovely hues, and calling forth the poetic element that lies hidden in every existing thing.” HumansSoulLightBeautifulLyingSidesBeautySunCreationMaterialsSourceCallingElementsInvestingLovelyPoeticHuman SoulHue Author:Giuseppe Mazzini