Thomas de Quincey Quotes about Art

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As is the inventor of murder, and the father of art, Cain must have been a man of first-rate genius.

As is the inventor of murder, and the father of art, Cain must have been a man of first-rate genius.

Art, Father, Philosophy

Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields (1851). “De Quincey's Writings: Miscellaneous essays. 1851”, p.24

Grief! thou art classed amongst the depressing passions. And true it is that thou humblest to the dust, but also thou exaltest to the clouds. Thou shakest us with ague, but also thou steadiest like frost. Thou sickenest the heart, but also thou healest its infirmities.

Thomas de Quincey

Depressing, Art, Grief

Thomas De Quincey (1862). “Confessions of an English Opium-eater: And, Suspiria de Profundis”, p.182