James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Stedman

A poet must sing for his own people.

Every man as an individual is secondary to what he is as a worker for the progress of his kind and the glory of the gift allotted to him.

Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song.

Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.

Genius does not need a special language; it newly uses whatever tongue it finds.

Genius is always consistent when most audacious.

Poetry is a spirit, not disembodied, but in the flesh, so as to affect the senses of living men.

Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, and the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should be articulate.