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Allen Tate Quotes

In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem Picture Quote #1

But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly Picture Quote #1

So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman Picture Quote #1

Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one’s silence will be civilly understood. I can imagine a small gathering of friends who say nothing all evening: they recoil from saying anything that the others don’t want to hear; and their silence would be the subtlest courtesy Picture Quote #1

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why Picture Quote #1

Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker Picture Quote #1

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The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem Picture Quote #1

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In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem (Allen Tate Quotes) But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly (Allen Tate Quotes) So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman (Allen Tate Quotes) Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one’s silence will be civilly understood. I can imagine a small gathering of friends who say nothing all evening: they recoil from saying anything that the others don’t want to hear; and their silence would be the subtlest courtesy (Allen Tate Quotes) What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why (Allen Tate Quotes) Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker (Allen Tate Quotes) The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem (Allen Tate Quotes)

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