Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. read more

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art.

The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about read more

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.