“There was in the air the glamor of a battle, the holy battle raging for the assertion of a new truth. My youth plunged full in it.”

—  Joseph Stella

Joseph Stella (1911); Quoted in: Ruth L. Bohan. Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920, (2006). p. 193

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "There was in the air the glamor of a battle, the holy battle raging for the assertion of a new truth. My youth plunged …" by Joseph Stella?
Joseph Stella photo
Joseph Stella7
American artist 1877–1946

Related quotes

Joseph Stella photo

“At my arrival [in Paris], Fauvism. Cubism, and Futurism were in full swing. There was in the air the glamour of a battle, the holy battle raging for the assertion of a new truth. My youth plunged full in it.”

Joseph Stella (1877–1946) American artist

Joseph Stella (1911); Quoted in: Judith Zilczer (1983) Joseph Stella: : The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, p. 10

Martin Luther photo

“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

James Ryder Randall photo

“Gentlest and bravest in the battle-brunt—
The Champion of the Truth—
He bore his banner to the very front
Of our immortal youth.”

James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) American journalist

Adolf Galland photo

“The fighter must seek battle in the air.”

Adolf Galland (1912–1996) German World War II general and fighter pilot

Quoted in "Duel of Eagles" - Page 330 - by Peter Townsend - History - 2001.

Thomas Campbell photo

“While the battle rages loud and long,
And the stormy winds do blow.”

Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) British writer

Stanza 1 <br class="br"> Ye Mariners of England http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/Classic%20Poems/Campbell/ye%20mariners_of_england.htm (1800)

Torquato Tasso photo

“With equal rage, as when the southern wind,
Meeteth in battle strong the northern blast.”

Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) Italian poet

Canto IX, stanza 52 (tr. Fairfax)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

Nikos Kazantzakis photo

“My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.”

Nikos Kazantzakis book The Last Temptation of Christ

Source: The Last Temptation of Christ

James Russell Lowell photo

“Wut's words to them whose faith an' truth
On war's red techstone rang true metal;
Who ventered life an' love an' youth
For the gret prize o' death in battle?”

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat

No. 10.
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series II (1866)

Lyndon B. Johnson photo

“I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.”

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)

(28 July 1965) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=27116. <br class="br">1960s

“When … some intimation of the eternal significance of my time moves through the heart of my self, it must still battle a positivistic turn of mind and mean-spirited secularism that denies the existence of the holy.”

Sam Keen (1931) author, professor, and philosopher

Source: The Passionate Life (1983), p. 145

Related topics