Every artist was first an amateur.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson'Progress of Culture', Letters and Social Aims (1876)
About Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement. (1803-1882)
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.Essay 'Circles', Essays: First Series (1841)
- The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.Essay 'Friendship', Essays: First Series (1841)
- Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.Essay 'Self-Reliance' (1841)
- Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.Essay 'Self-Reliance' (1841)
- To be great is to be misunderstood.Essay 'Self-Reliance' (1841)
- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.Essay 'Self-Reliance' (1841)
More quotes on learning and wisdom
- They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.Confucius
- Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.Confucius
- To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.Lao Tzu
- Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; for men learn while they teach.Seneca
- Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.Epictetus
- It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.Epictetus
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