Hail holy light, offspring of heav'n firstborn!
Interpretation
This quote celebrates the divine nature of light as a fundamental and heavenly source of inspiration and creation.
In this quote, John Milton personifies light as a holy and divine entity, referring to it as the offspring of heaven and its firstborn. This highlights the significance of light in creation and existence, suggesting that it embodies purity, inspiration, and a connection to the divine, which can illuminate the truth and guide human understanding.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about creativity or artistic inspiration.
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss
The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
Stories helped me unite parts of my existence that might otherwise have seemed irrevocably split by geography and time. And stories helped me find a future in which I, such a mongrel, could be comfortable.
My interest in creating anything is that it be useful.
Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.
I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips.
I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the way Steichen did. I'll be photographing other old people.
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