Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote suggests that being a poet is both challenging and rewarding, with the implication that one could live purely by the craft if it were not fraught with difficulties.
Oliver Goldsmith highlights the dual nature of being a poet: while it can be a fulfilling and enriching occupation, it also comes with its share of struggles and dissatisfaction. The essence of the quote reflects on the artistic endeavor of poetry, suggesting that poets may find their work both a source of pleasure and a challenge, underpinning the complexity of creative expression.
Themes
PoetArtCreativityChallengesExpression
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a discussion about the struggles of artistic professions during a creative writing workshop.
More from Oliver Goldsmith
All quotes βA mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,_x000D_ _x000D_ Adorns and cheers our way;_x000D_ _x000D_ And still, as darker grows the night,_x000D_ _x000D_ Emits a brighter ray.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Similar quotes
My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.
Michael JacksonRead
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.
Duke EllingtonRead
When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise!
Alexander CalderRead
Like the collector, the photographer is animated by a passion that, even when it appears to be for the present, is linked to a sense of the past.
Susan SontagRead
The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be
Paula ScherRead
It's always a nice feeling, having people think that you feel things much deeper than you're allowed to say, but this isn't true. If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.
Shel SilversteinRead