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E. M. Forster Quotes: 8

  • Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

  • 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.

  • We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

  • History develops, art stands still.

  • Love is always being given where it is not required.

  • If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

  • 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.

  • The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.