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Eliot Quotes

I unlearned the model of being an editor like Ezra Pound with T.S. Eliot, the unconscious belief that America was the center of the world, and that honesty meant saying what I thought and always being direct Picture Quote #1

When I say that George Eliot has long been my hero, I mean to include those aspects of her thought and temperament that have been disparaged or dismissed or ignored. She was, after all, a novelist who did not eschew politics or polemics - sometimes silently though defiantly, as in her relationship with George Henry Lewes Picture Quote #1

As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be Picture Quote #1

I’m not a big Austen reader. I wouldn’t say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot Picture Quote #1

The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of the corruption lurking among us, and falls victim to his inner demons at the very moment of vindication Picture Quote #1

T.S. Eliot was one of the first poets introduced to me when I started studying literature and has felt like a close friend ever since. No one nails urban despair quite like Eliot Picture Quote #1

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My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company Picture Quote #1

At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens Picture Quote #1

What’s that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I’m able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I’m older. Thank God for growing up Picture Quote #1

It’s a different thing to write a love story now than in the time of Jane Austen, Eliot, or Tolstoy. One of the problems is that once divorce is possible, once break-ups are possible, it can all become a little less momentous Picture Quote #1

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband Picture Quote #1

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later Picture Quote #1

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My mother was a Bloomsbury figure: a great friend of TS Eliot, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell. My grandmother, Mary Hutchinson, gave her life to works of art, being an admirer of Matisse and Giaometti, whom I collected as a young man because of her Picture Quote #1

I would like to work with Paul McCartney in the future. Or Brian Seltzer. But I guess like, like I said - I’m into The Strokes, like Ben Folds, Eliot Smith, the Beatles are my favorite, the Beach Boys, Queen Picture Quote #1

George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night Picture Quote #1

Pound had argued - and Eliot had helped him prove - that a poem could be sustained by memorable moments. Olson proved that it could be sustained by unmemorable ones, provided that the texture of the accumulated jottings avoided the sound of failed poetry Picture Quote #1

T.S. Eliot, who learned to swim at the same beach as I did, just threw in the towel and moved to Cheyne Walk. I’m not going to do that but I’m not scared of the open channel between me and Britain Picture Quote #1

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T. S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats Picture Quote #1

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I think it was T. S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it’s understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don’t have a clue what they’re on about Picture Quote #1

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats Picture Quote #1

It is bizarre that some people can’t understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked as a banker Picture Quote #1

I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons Picture Quote #1

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I unlearned the model of being an editor like Ezra Pound with T.S. Eliot, the unconscious belief that America was the center of the world, and that honesty meant saying what I thought and always being direct. (Eliot Quotes) When I say that George Eliot has long been my hero, I mean to include those aspects of her thought and temperament that have been disparaged or dismissed or ignored. She was, after all, a novelist who did not eschew politics or polemics - sometimes silently though defiantly, as in her relationship with George Henry Lewes. (Eliot Quotes) As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be. (Eliot Quotes) I’m not a big Austen reader. I wouldn’t say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot. (Eliot Quotes) The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of the corruption lurking among us, and falls victim to his inner demons at the very moment of vindication. (Eliot Quotes) T.S. Eliot was one of the first poets introduced to me when I started studying literature and has felt like a close friend ever since. No one nails urban despair quite like Eliot. (Eliot Quotes) My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. (Eliot Quotes) At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens. (Eliot Quotes) What’s that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I’m able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I’m older. Thank God for growing up. (Eliot Quotes) It’s a different thing to write a love story now than in the time of Jane Austen, Eliot, or Tolstoy. One of the problems is that once divorce is possible, once break-ups are possible, it can all become a little less momentous. (Eliot Quotes) My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband. (Eliot Quotes) Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later (Eliot Quotes) My mother was a Bloomsbury figure: a great friend of TS Eliot, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell. My grandmother, Mary Hutchinson, gave her life to works of art, being an admirer of Matisse and Giaometti, whom I collected as a young man because of her. (Eliot Quotes) I would like to work with Paul McCartney in the future. Or Brian Seltzer. But I guess like, like I said - I’m into The Strokes, like Ben Folds, Eliot Smith, the Beatles are my favorite, the Beach Boys, Queen. (Eliot Quotes) George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night. (Eliot Quotes) Pound had argued - and Eliot had helped him prove - that a poem could be sustained by memorable moments. Olson proved that it could be sustained by unmemorable ones, provided that the texture of the accumulated jottings avoided the sound of failed poetry (Eliot Quotes) T.S. Eliot, who learned to swim at the same beach as I did, just threw in the towel and moved to Cheyne Walk. I’m not going to do that but I’m not scared of the open channel between me and Britain (Eliot Quotes) When I was starting to write, the great influence was T. S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats (Eliot Quotes) I think it was T. S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it’s understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don’t have a clue what they’re on about (Eliot Quotes) When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats (Eliot Quotes) It is bizarre that some people can’t understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked as a banker (Eliot Quotes) I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons (Eliot Quotes)