Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Poet Painter English 1828 – 1882

English poet and painter, founder of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

381 quotes

"In the silence between heartbeats, we find our truest self."
Solitude
"Poetry is the language of the soul made audible."
Literature
"We seek in others what we cannot find in ourselves."
Relationships
"The pursuit of perfection often destroys the perfect."
Wisdom
"Death is merely the final editing of life's manuscript."
Death
"To love is to surrender control and trust in faith."
Love
"The world rewards those who dare to imagine differently."
Imagination
"Art is the conversation between the artist and eternity."
Art
"Happiness is found not in having, but in becoming."
Happiness
"Every great work begins with a single moment of vision."
Creativity
"The past haunts us because we refuse to let it rest."
History
"In art as in life, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
Art
"We are defined not by our successes but by our persistence through failure."
Perseverance
"Love demands we become more than we thought ourselves capable of being."
Love
"The imagination is the only freedom no tyrant can steal."
Imagination
"Art without passion is merely technical skill."
Art
"To understand beauty is to understand God's first language."
Beauty
"Life teaches us nothing if we are unwilling to be changed by it."
Education
"The greatest courage is to love when love brings only pain."
Courage
"Memory is the museum of the heart."
"In every moment of true beauty, we touch the infinite."
Beauty
"The artist must be willing to bleed for their vision."
Art
"We love not the person, but the possibility we see in them."
Love
"Time moves differently in the realm of dreams and art."
Dreams
"To create beauty is to participate in creation itself."
Creativity
"The heart recognizes what the mind refuses to acknowledge."
Wisdom
"In solitude, we meet ourselves most honestly."
Solitude
"Art is the permanent rebellion against the temporary world."
Art
"Love is the only force that transcends reason and logic."
Love
"The measure of a life is not its length but its depth."
Life