E. M. Forster

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to…

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there…

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men…

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem…

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to…

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if…

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look…

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her…

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can’t touch…

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one’s own emotions…

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual…

History develops, art stands still…

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope…

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make…

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my…