Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH (1 January 18797 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist.
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way. Use this quote
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. Use this quote
History develops, art stands still. Use this quote
The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. Use this quote
The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists. Use this quote
Nonsense and beauty have close connections. Use this quote
Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna. Use this quote
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. Use this quote
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. Use this quote
People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness. Use this quote