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Alexander Pope Quotes about Art

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That, chang'd thro' all and yet in all the same, Great in the Earth as in th' Ætherial frame, Warms in the Sun, refreshes in the Breeze, Glows in the Stars, and blossoms in the Trees... Breathes in our soul, informs our

That, chang'd thro' all and yet in all the same, Great in the Earth as in th' Ætherial frame, Warms in the Sun, refreshes in the Breeze, Glows in the Stars, and blossoms in the Trees... Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part... Submit - in this, or any other Sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee; All Chance, Direction which thou canst not see; All Discord, Harmony not understood... All partial Evil, universal Good.

Art, Stars, Evil

Alexander Pope, “Essay On Man”

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart

Art, Soul, Genius

'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 1, l. 1

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

Art, Price Tag, Theory

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

Art, Nature, Literature

'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 289

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.

Dance, Art, Moving

"The Works of Alexander Pope".

Homer excels all the inventors of other arts in this: that he has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.

Art, Honor, Inventor

I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as such are chiefly sensible, that all Art consists in the Imitation and Study of Nature. On the contrary, People of the common Level of Understanding are principally delighted with the Little Niceties and Fantastical Operations of Art, and constantly think that finest which is least Natural.

Art, Believe, Thinking

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,”, p.397

Love, Hope, and Joy, fair pleasure's smiling train, Hate, Fear, and Grief, the family of pain, These mix'd with art, and to due bounds confin'd Make and maintain the balance of the mind.

Art, Pain, Hate

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton”, p.79

Then sculpture and her sister arts revived; stones leaped to form, and rocks began to live.

Art, Rocks, Sculpture

Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.78

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

Dream, Art, Philosophy

Alexander Pope, Homer, Samuel Johnson (1830). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq: to which is prefixed the life of the author”, p.177

Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; The arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave.

Inspirational, Art, Yield

Alexander Pope (1763). “An essay on man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and improved by the author. Together with his MS. additions and variations as in the last edition of his works. With the notes of William, Lord Bishop of Gloucester”, p.70

Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the imitation and study of nature.

Art, Nature, Genius

Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1787). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Six Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Printed Verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton”, p.265

Art still followed where Rome's eagles flew.

Art, Eagles, Rome

Most authors steal their works, or buy.

Art, Writing, Stealing

Alexander Pope, George Croly (1854). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem. By the Rev. George Croly ... New Edition. [With a Portrait.]”, p.87

Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.

Art, Soul, Slides

'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To Lord Burlington' (1731) l. 65

Poets like painters, thus unskilled to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

Art, Jewels, Grace

An Essay on Criticism l. 297 (1711)

First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of art.

Life, Change, Art

'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 68

So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools.

Art, Doctors, Practice

Alexander Pope (2015). “An Essay on Criticism”, p.8, Sheba Blake Publishing

Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.

Art, Kings, Dancing

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.361

All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good.

Art, Evil, Erring

'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 289

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Art, Philosophy, Science

Alexander Pope (1835). “The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly”, p.60

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each Seene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage.

Art, Soul, Genius

'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 1, l. 1

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

Art, Bravery, Grace

'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 152.

How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot A heap of dust alone remains of thee 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!

Love, Art, Dust

Alexander Pope (1835). “The Works of Alexander Pope: With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notes on Each Poem”, p.178

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Art, Science, Genius

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1854). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with a life”, p.5

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