Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.
The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.
The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.
Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments.
I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.
Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
I think art doesn't have to be created in a period of misery, but it certainly helps.
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.