More Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.
Art is to look at not to criticize.
Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink.
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
If you run out of ideas follow the road; you'll get there
To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
There is no beauty without some strangeness
False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge