The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.


The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life (ed. 1872)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.