Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
Interpretation
The profound beauty can deeply affect sensitive individuals, often moving them emotionally.
Edgar Allan Poe emphasizes that true beauty, when fully realized, has the power to evoke strong emotions, particularly tears of appreciation or overwhelming feelings in those who are attuned to its essence. This quote highlights the unique connection between beauty and emotional response, especially in those who are more sensitive or perceptive.
In practice
This quote could be shared at an art gallery opening to emphasize the emotional impact of art.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition - and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes.
...the agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair.
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
I could have clasped the red walls to my bosom as a garment of eternal peace. "Death," I said, "any death but that of the pit!" Fool! might I have not known that into the pit it was the object of the burning iron to urge me?
In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.
I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing.
You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
If you're not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Isnβt every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isnβt there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods?
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