2006-07-17 19:16:35 · 4 answers · asked by bobo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
The English romantic poet John Keats wrote that in a poem called "Ode on a Grecian Urn."
The basic idea is that if a thing is "true," then it is beautiful, if you have the ability to see that beauty. That's why a rotting potato could be beautiful if painted by the person who was able to see the beauty in it.
The flip side of that is that if a thing is beautiful to you, even if you're just making it up in your imagination, something about it is true.
2006-07-17 19:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by mistersato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"That is all you know on earth, and all you need to know" are the next couple of lines, if that helps.
It is part of a poem called Ode to a Grecian Urn by Keats.
2006-07-17 19:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the next line is
that is all ye know,
and all ye need know
John Keats is the author.
2006-07-17 19:23:14 · answer #3 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry no.
2006-07-17 19:19:28 · answer #4 · answered by kuki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋