Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it.
Weitere Zitate von John Keats
Zum Autor"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination."
"My imagination is a monastery, and I am its monk."
"Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works."
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter."
"Besides, a long poem is a test of invention, which I take to be the Polar star of Poetry, as Fancy is the sails - and Imagination the rudder."
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."