Elizabeth Barrett BrowningThinkers

Art is life upon the larger scale, pushing toward the intense significance of all things, hungry for the infinite.

The Beautiful is that which seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

The Book is a man of higher stature, and the only man that speaks aloud for future times to hear.

Charm is no sign of goodness — The devil's most devilish when respectable.

Genius is the power of expressing a new individuality.

Opinion is gotten by men as boys learn to spell, by reiteration chiefly.

Respectability is no sign of goodness — The devil's most devilish when respectable.

The Wish is such that every wish is like a prayer with God.