we shall not cease from exploration …

And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

A masterpiece can be said to be a work with the capacity to outlast its time and speak to cultures vastly different from its own; to transcend its time and place and inspire new works by artists in succeeding generations. T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets is such a masterpiece. Learn more »