QuoteProject
Conception, my boy, fundamental brain work, is what makes all the difference in art.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

The essence of creativity in art lies in the deep thought and understanding that precedes creation.

This quote by Dante Gabriel Rossetti emphasizes that the foundational cognitive processes and insights are crucial in the artistic creation. It suggests that true artistry is not merely about skill or technique but is fundamentally rooted in profound intellectual engagement and conceptualization, which ultimately distinguishes great art from the mundane.

Themes

ArtCreativityThoughtIntellectCreation

In practice

Example use cases

In a lecture about creativity, one might invoke this quote to highlight the importance of having a deep concept before starting an artistic endeavor.

More from Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Love is the last relay and ultimate outposts of eternity.
Dante Gabriel RossettiRead
You have been mine before - How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar, your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, - I knew it all of yore.
Dante Gabriel RossettiRead
Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly_x000D_ _x000D_ Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.
Dante Gabriel RossettiRead
Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell.
Dante Gabriel RossettiRead
Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.
Dante Gabriel RossettiRead
I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. ... You have been mine before, How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar Your neck turned so, Some veil did fall - I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before? And shall not thus time's eddying flight Still with our lives our love restore In death's despite, And day and night yield one delight once more
Dante Gabriel RossettiRead

Similar quotes

The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
Xavier RuddRead
Poetry is not truth, it is the resurrection of presences.
Octavio PazRead
I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.
Ernest GainesRead
Poetry is the essence of everything, and it’s through deep contact with reality and living fully that you reach poetry. Very often I see photographers cultivating the strangeness or awkwardness of a scene, thinking it is poetry. No. Poetry is two elements which are suddenly conflict β€” a spark between two elements. But it’s given very seldom, and you can’t look for it. It’s like if you look for inspiration. No, it just comes by enriching yourself and living.
Henri Cartier-BressonRead
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that's been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
NasRead
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.
Henri BergsonRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.