Patriotism is not short frenzied outbursts of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But of course only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme what's behind the emotion the meaning all that comes later.