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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'
β€” Edgar Allan Poe
Tags: soul, man, art, nature

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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe The Mystery of Marie RogΓͺt
Tags: truth, relevance, philosophy, life, irrelevance
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but i feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee
Tags: poetry, love
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe
Tags: poetry
The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe
Tags: women, poetry, death, beauty
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe
Tags: out, imagination, poetry, fear, religion, organized-religion, irreligion
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