If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
George Henry LewesIn Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.
George Henry LewesAs all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.
George Henry LewesIt is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire to find any proposition true will unconsciously tend to that result by dismissing importunate suggestions which run counter to the belief, and welcoming those which favor it. The psychological law, that we only see what interests us, and only assimilate what is adapted to our condition, causes the mind to select its evidence.
George Henry Lewes