William C. Bryant – 7 Quotes

7 Quotes by William C. Bryant

A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.

– William C. Bryant

Weep not that the world changes – did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.

– William C. Bryant

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.

– William C. Bryant

Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature’s teachings.

– William C. Bryant

The groves were God’s first temples.

– William C. Bryant

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

– William C. Bryant

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness – a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster – children into strength and athletic proportion.

– William C. Bryant