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Arthur Symons quotes: Night, a more perfect day.

Night, a more perfect day.

Arthur Symons quotes: But we have been taught to see before our eyes have found out a way of seeing for themselves.

But we have been taught to see before our eyes have found out a way of seeing for themselves.

Arthur Symons quotes: I have loved colours, and not flowers;Their motion, not the swallows wings;And wasted more than half my hoursWithout the comradeship of things.

I have loved colours, and not flowers;Their motion, not the swallows wings;And wasted more than half my hoursWithout the comradeship of things.

Arthur Symons quotes: The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth.

The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth.

Arthur Symons quotes: Criticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders.

Criticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders.

Arthur Symons quotes: I had had my dreams of Venice. But nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.

I had had my dreams of Venice. But nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.

Arthur Symons quotes: The mystic too full of God to speak intelligibly to the world.

The mystic too full of God to speak intelligibly to the world.

Arthur Symons quotes: The wind is rising on the sea,The windy white foam-dancers leap;And the sea moans uneasily,And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.

The wind is rising on the sea,The windy white foam-dancers leap;And the sea moans uneasily,And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.

Arthur Symons quotes: My soul is like this cloudy, flaming opal ring.

My soul is like this cloudy, flaming opal ring.

Arthur Symons quotes: God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made.

God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made.

Arthur Symons quotes: A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.

A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.

Arthur Symons quotes: Art begins when a man wishes to immortalize the most vivid moment he has ever lived.

Art begins when a man wishes to immortalize the most vivid moment he has ever lived.

Arthur Symons quotes: To have loved, to have been made happy thus, / What better fate has life in store for us?

To have loved, to have been made happy thus, / What better fate has life in store for us?

Arthur Symons quotes: Here in a little lonely room I am master of earth and sea, And the planets come to me.

Here in a little lonely room I am master of earth and sea, And the planets come to me.

Arthur Symons quotes: What we ask of him is, that he should find out for us more than we can find out for ourselves. He must have the passion of a lover.

What we ask of him is, that he should find out for us more than we can find out for ourselves. He must have the passion of a lover.

Arthur Symons quotes: Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.

Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.

Arthur Symons quotes: Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears, A naked runner lost in a storm of spears.

Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears, A naked runner lost in a storm of spears.

Arthur Symons quotes: And I would have, now love is over, An end to all, an end: I cannot, having been your lover Stoop to become your friend!

And I would have, now love is over, An end to all, an end: I cannot, having been your lover Stoop to become your friend!

Arthur Symons quotes: It is in their eyes that their magic resides.

It is in their eyes that their magic resides.

Arthur Symons quotes: The making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.

The making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.

Arthur Symons quotes: There are certain natures to whom work is nothing, the act of work everything.

There are certain natures to whom work is nothing, the act of work everything.

Arthur Symons quotes: I have laid sorrow to sleep;Love sleeps.She who oft made me weepNow weeps.

I have laid sorrow to sleep;Love sleeps.She who oft made me weepNow weeps.

Arthur Symons quotes: Leave words to them whom words, not doings, move.

Leave words to them whom words, not doings, move.

Arthur Symons quotes: A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation.

A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation.

Arthur Symons quotes: The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.

The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.

Arthur Symons quotes: I heard the sighing of the reedsAt noontide and at evening,And some old dream I had forgottenI seemed to be remembering.

I heard the sighing of the reedsAt noontide and at evening,And some old dream I had forgottenI seemed to be remembering.

Arthur Symons quotes: All art is a form of artifice.For in art there can be no prejudices.

All art is a form of artifice.For in art there can be no prejudices.

Arthur Symons quotes: The English mist is always at work like a subtle painter, and London is a vast canvas prepared for the mist to work on.

The English mist is always at work like a subtle painter, and London is a vast canvas prepared for the mist to work on.

Arthur Symons quotes: Love is a flaming heart, and its flames aspire / Till they cloud the soul in the smoke of a windy fire.

Love is a flaming heart, and its flames aspire / Till they cloud the soul in the smoke of a windy fire.

Arthur Symons quotes: I would wash the dust of the world in a soft green flood. Here between sea and sea in a fairy wood, I have found a delicate wave-green solitude.

I would wash the dust of the world in a soft green flood. Here between sea and sea in a fairy wood, I have found a delicate wave-green solitude.