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Poetry Quotes

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first Picture Quote #1

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language Picture Quote #1

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry Picture Quote #1

Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider Picture Quote #1

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo Picture Quote #1

Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song Picture Quote #1

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There comes a period of the imagination to each - a later youth - the power of beauty, the power of looks, of poetry Picture Quote #1

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it Picture Quote #1

What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it Picture Quote #1

Men are what their mothers made them. You may as well ask a loom which weaves huckabuck why it does not make cashmere as to expect poetry from this engineer or a chemical discovery from that jobber Picture Quote #1

Poetry: Not til poets among us can be 'literalists of imagination' - above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them,' shall we have it Picture Quote #1

I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan Picture Quote #1

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I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale Picture Quote #1

Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast Picture Quote #1

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners Picture Quote #1

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime Picture Quote #1

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back 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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Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry Picture Quote #1

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse Picture Quote #1

The idea of avant garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that poetry is new and it keeps being new the way Chevrolets every year are new Picture Quote #1

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end Picture Quote #1

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge Picture Quote #1

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry Picture Quote #1

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In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag waver, bunting hanger up, drum beater, you name it, for poetry Picture Quote #1

More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race Picture Quote #1

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well Picture Quote #1

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world Picture Quote #1

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that Picture Quote #1

I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way Picture Quote #1

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All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first (Poetry Quotes) Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language (Poetry Quotes) The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry (Poetry Quotes) Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider (Poetry Quotes) Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo (Poetry Quotes) Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song (Poetry Quotes) There comes a period of the imagination to each - a later youth - the power of beauty, the power of looks, of poetry (Poetry Quotes) I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it (Poetry Quotes) What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it (Poetry Quotes) Men are what their mothers made them. You may as well ask a loom which weaves huckabuck why it does not make cashmere as to expect poetry from this engineer or a chemical discovery from that jobber (Poetry Quotes) Poetry: Not til poets among us can be 'literalists of imagination' - above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them,' shall we have it (Poetry Quotes) I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan (Poetry Quotes) I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era, completely throw the poem into a different time scale (Poetry Quotes) Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast (Poetry Quotes) Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners (Poetry Quotes) One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime (Poetry Quotes) Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back (Poetry Quotes) Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later (Poetry Quotes) Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry (Poetry Quotes) The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse (Poetry Quotes) The idea of avant garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that poetry is new and it keeps being new the way Chevrolets every year are new (Poetry Quotes) The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end (Poetry Quotes) I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge (Poetry Quotes) I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry (Poetry Quotes) In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag waver, bunting hanger up, drum beater, you name it, for poetry (Poetry Quotes) More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world (Poetry Quotes) I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that (Poetry Quotes) I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way (Poetry Quotes)

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