Thomas Cole Quotes

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Over all, rocks, wood, and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths.

Thomas Cole

If the imagination is shackled, and nothing is described but what we see, seldom will anything truly great be produced either in Painting or Poetry

Thomas Cole

To walk with nature as a poet is the necessary condition of a perfect artist.

Thomas Cole

It has not been in vain: the good, the enlightened of all ages and nations have found pleasure and consolation in the beauty of the rural earth. Prophets of old retired into the solitudes of nature to wait the inspiration of heaven. It was upon Mount Horeb that Elijah experienced the mighty wind, the earthquake, and the fire; and, heard the small still voice. That voice is yet heard among the mountains!

Thomas Cole

How I have walked... day after day, and all alone, to see if there was not something among the old things which was new!

Thomas Cole

How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die.

Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole

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Born: February 1, 1801

Died: February 11, 1848 (aged 47)

Bio: Thomas Cole was an American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century.

Known for:

The Course of Empire
The Voyage of Life
The Oxbow (1836)
The Architect's Dream (1840)
The Titan's Goblet (1833)

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