As the clockwork of the millennia moved a notch in front of their eyes, it had taken their thoughts from small things and reminded them of how vulnerable they were to time.
Mark HelprinRead
He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the grace and beauty with which a horse moves, likening it to a dancer responding to music.
Mark Helprin's quote paints a vivid image of a horse's movement, suggesting that its gracefulness is akin to that of a dancer. The comparison emphasizes the inherent beauty of the horse, which seems to embody a rhythm and musicality, capturing the attention of those who observe it. This association invites a deeper appreciation for the animal's elegance and the connection between movement and art.
Themes
HorseDanceBeautyMusicMovement
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the elegance of nature, one could use this quote to illustrate the beauty of horses.
More from Mark Helprin
All quotes βThey're not just dreams. Not anymore, I dream more than I wake now, and, at times, I have crossed over. Can't you see? I've been there.
Mark HelprinRead
their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals.
Mark HelprinRead
Youβll join me sooner than you know in a place with . . . no illusions, where the truth is the only architecture, the only color, the only sound--where that which we sense merely on occasion, and which takes us up and gives us the rare and beautiful glimpses of the things we truly love, flows in deep rivers and tumbles about like clouds in the sky.
Mark HelprinRead
Perhaps things are most beautiful when they are not quite real; when you look upon a scene as an outsider, and come to possess it in its entirety and forever; when you live in the present with the lucidity and feeling of memory; when, for want of connection, the world deepens and becomes art.
Mark HelprinRead
The horse could not do without Manhattan. It drew him like a magnet, like a vacuum, like oats, or a mare, or an open, never-ending, tree-lined road.
Mark HelprinRead
Similar quotes
When Basquiat was hanging out with Madonna and Fab Five Freddy, and all those worlds were colliding, people have to realize hip-hop and the arts were like this 'cause we both were outcasts: we wasn't allowed inside the galleries or inside Yankee Stadium. We were writing in the street and making music.
Jay-ZRead
What's swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don't have to ask anybody if that's good music or not. You can always feel it.
Miles DavisRead
To make your unknown known - that's the important thing.
Georgia O'KeeffeRead
Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance.
Rem KoolhaasRead
Music is everybody's possession.
John LennonRead
I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
Robin WilliamsRead