George eliot notes on form in art text12/22/2023 ![]() If you would maintain the slightest belief in human heroism, you must never make a pilgrimage to see the hero Adam Bede Adam replies that is easier said when one is not affected and Bartle Massey concedes with that reply, admitting that he might not react better if he was in the same situation. Bartle Massey tries to tell Adam not to be agitated by the situation as Adam’s betrothed is arrested for a crime. It means that we easily have high expectations of virtue from other people when we are not in their shoes. This quote was said by Eliot through the Adam Bede character Bartle Massey. It’s easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient Adam Bede ![]() This quote is from an authorial aside in Chapter XVII of Adam Bede where Eliot actively appeals to artists to depict the beauty of mundane and commonplace things in their art. Therefore, let Art always remind us of them, let us always have men ready to give the loving pains of a life to the faithful representing of commonplace things–men who see beauty in these commonplace things and delight in showing how kindly the light of heaven falls on them Adam Bede This quote from Adam Bede was Eliot’s stance against the conventional standards of beauty often projected through art and a mandate to find beauty in the ordinary things. At the time of this quote, she had written her first novel, Adam Bede and was expressing what she hoped the novel would achieve in her readers.ĭo not impose on us any aesthetic rules which shall banish from the region of Art those old women scrapping carrots with their work-worn hands. If art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally… The only effect I ardently long to produce in my writings is that those who read them should be better able to imagine and to feel the pains and the joys of those who differ from them in everything but the broad fact of being struggling erring human creaturesĪgain this quote from her statement in the year 1859, is an expression of George Eliots’ hope that art would be an instrument of empathy among humans. Mary Ann Evans had been a preacher of love and togetherness in the shared fate of our humanity before she found fame as a novelist. It talks about the importance of art in building connections and empathy among people who otherwise have nothing in common. This is an excerpt from one of Mary Ann Evans’ essays written before she published any of her novels. ![]() Here are some of her quotes that address a variety of issues and values.Īrt is the nearest thing to life it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow men beyond the bounds of our personal lot The Natural History of German Life (1856) George Eliot has many quotes to her credit that range from lengthy appeals to witty short phrases.
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