“He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals.”
Oscar Wilde
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”
Mahatma Gandhi
“The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force the thing becomes a pressure, and produces def”
G. K. Chesterton
“Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought / by force of circumstances, not argument / to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them.”
Mark Twain
“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.”
“Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.”
Tryon Edwards
“Music inflames temperament.”
Jim Morrison
