“We might even, in time, come to think it possible to enjoy the naked beauty of a statue or a picture without any virtuous vision behind it of a filthy fancy; which would be immoral.”

Ironically attacking prudish interpretations of beauty in art · Notes on Poems and Reviews

• Art
• Beauty

“In all times there have been gods that alighted and giants that appeared on earth; the ranks of great men are properly divisible, not into thinkers and workers, but into Titans and Olympians.”

Imagining exceptional creators as different orders of mythic power · Essay, Coleridge

• Art
• Fame

“I do not deprecate, but demand for all men freedom to speak and freedom to hear.”

A forceful defence of freedom of expression and reception · Notes on Poems and Reviews

• Truth