George Henry Lewes

Insight is the first condition of Art.

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

The only cure for grief is action.

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.

Sincerity is moral truth.

Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

Insincerity is always weakness sincerity even in error is strength.

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.