The source of genius is imagination alone, . . . the refinement of the senses that sees what others do read more

The source of genius is imagination alone, . . . the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

Develop a built-in bullshit detector.

Develop a built-in bullshit detector.

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other read more

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.

The best smell in the world is that man that you love.

The best smell in the world is that man that you love.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it read more

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the point.

I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that read more

I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.