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Color is the language of the poets. It is astonishingly lovely. To speak it is a privilege Picture Quote #1

The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a fig and a spade a spade. He should yield to neither hatred nor affection, not should be unsparing and unpitying. He should be neither shy nor deprecating, but an impartial judge, giving each side all it deserves but no more. He should know in his writing no country and no city; he should bow to no authority and acknowledge no king. He should never consider what this or that man will think, but should state the facts as they really occurred Picture Quote #1

Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength Picture Quote #1

If we go on as we are, we will destroy in the next century everything that the poets have been singing about for the past two thousand years Picture Quote #1

I think all the poets and artists have always written for peace and love, and it hasn’t changed muchin the last two or three thousand years. But we hope Picture Quote #1

There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem to have in common is their yearning to enter this world Picture Quote #1

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To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs or reformers Picture Quote #1

When we first meet what we love, we could become poets for our longing. When we are removed from what we love, we become singers of grief and weavers of elegant description Picture Quote #1

The real giants have always been poets, men who jumped from facts into the realm of imagination and ideas Picture Quote #1

All good poets of the past, almost without exception, were at least bilingual if not trilingual Picture Quote #1

Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities Picture Quote #1

In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets Picture Quote #1

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After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper and humanize the affections, it is certain, that nothing hardens the heart like excessive and unbounded luxury; and he who refuses the fewest gratifications to his own voluptuousness, will generally be found the least susceptible of tenderness for the wants of others Picture Quote #1

If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency Picture Quote #1

One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is hard to tell Picture Quote #1

So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists have failed in their mission. The little we know about love does not transcend simple observation, and the little we write about it has been written better by poets and novelists Picture Quote #1

Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we have. In the process of creation and relationship, what seems mundane and trivial may show itself to be a holy, precious part of a pattern Picture Quote #1

We’re football people, not poets, but obviously I’m disappointed with the result Picture Quote #1

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We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories, which explain how the world began or where the sun goes when it sets, we call myths. Mythology is a natural product of the symbolizing mind; poets, when not making up myths of their own, are still commanding ancient ones Picture Quote #1

The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets Picture Quote #1

I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That’s my aspiration Picture Quote #1

Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts Picture Quote #1

So much inspires me. People living their lives with courage, beauty of all kinds, nature in all its aspects, people I love and people I hardly know, and, of course, other poets Picture Quote #1

If we treat each other as if we are geniuses, poets and artists, we have a better chance of becoming that on stage Picture Quote #1

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I thought poetry could change everything, could change history and could humanize, and I think that the illusion is very necessary to push poets to be involved and to believe, but now I think that poetry changes only the poet Picture Quote #1

I had been dreaming a complicated dream about helping poets revise their poems, so that each ending would open like a flower. I was not arguing, but engaged in a rousing discussion Picture Quote #1

All poets and story tellers alive today make a single brotherhood; they are engaged in a single work, picturing our human life. Whoever pictures life as he sees it, reassembles in his own way the details of existence which affect him deeply, and so creates a spiritual world of his own Picture Quote #1

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets Picture Quote #1

Next, suddenly, lightning suddenly, while I am still a child, a branch is lopped from my being, and a portion of my childhood ends forever. I see what poets are Picture Quote #1

Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance. Educated listeners compare performance with text and with other performances. Good poets use the full resources of language Picture Quote #1

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Color is the language of the poets. It is astonishingly lovely. To speak it is a privilege (Poets Quotes) The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a fig and a spade a spade. He should yield to neither hatred nor affection, not should be unsparing and unpitying. He should be neither shy nor deprecating, but an impartial judge, giving each side all it deserves but no more. He should know in his writing no country and no city; he should bow to no authority and acknowledge no king. He should never consider what this or that man will think, but should state the facts as they really occurred (Poets Quotes) Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength (Poets Quotes) If we go on as we are, we will destroy in the next century everything that the poets have been singing about for the past two thousand years (Poets Quotes) I think all the poets and artists have always written for peace and love, and it hasn’t changed muchin the last two or three thousand years. But we hope (Poets Quotes) There is a world which poets cannot seem to enter. It is the world everybody else lives in. And the only thing poets seem to have in common is their yearning to enter this world (Poets Quotes) To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs or reformers (Poets Quotes) When we first meet what we love, we could become poets for our longing. When we are removed from what we love, we become singers of grief and weavers of elegant description (Poets Quotes) The real giants have always been poets, men who jumped from facts into the realm of imagination and ideas (Poets Quotes) All good poets of the past, almost without exception, were at least bilingual if not trilingual (Poets Quotes) Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities (Poets Quotes) In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets (Poets Quotes) After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper and humanize the affections, it is certain, that nothing hardens the heart like excessive and unbounded luxury; and he who refuses the fewest gratifications to his own voluptuousness, will generally be found the least susceptible of tenderness for the wants of others (Poets Quotes) If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency (Poets Quotes) One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is hard to tell (Poets Quotes) So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists have failed in their mission. The little we know about love does not transcend simple observation, and the little we write about it has been written better by poets and novelists (Poets Quotes) Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we have. In the process of creation and relationship, what seems mundane and trivial may show itself to be a holy, precious part of a pattern (Poets Quotes) We’re football people, not poets, but obviously I’m disappointed with the result (Poets Quotes) We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories, which explain how the world began or where the sun goes when it sets, we call myths. Mythology is a natural product of the symbolizing mind; poets, when not making up myths of their own, are still commanding ancient ones (Poets Quotes) The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets (Poets Quotes) I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That’s my aspiration (Poets Quotes) Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts (Poets Quotes) So much inspires me. People living their lives with courage, beauty of all kinds, nature in all its aspects, people I love and people I hardly know, and, of course, other poets (Poets Quotes) If we treat each other as if we are geniuses, poets and artists, we have a better chance of becoming that on stage (Poets Quotes) I thought poetry could change everything, could change history and could humanize, and I think that the illusion is very necessary to push poets to be involved and to believe, but now I think that poetry changes only the poet (Poets Quotes) I had been dreaming a complicated dream about helping poets revise their poems, so that each ending would open like a flower. I was not arguing, but engaged in a rousing discussion (Poets Quotes) All poets and story tellers alive today make a single brotherhood; they are engaged in a single work, picturing our human life. Whoever pictures life as he sees it, reassembles in his own way the details of existence which affect him deeply, and so creates a spiritual world of his own (Poets Quotes) Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets (Poets Quotes) Next, suddenly, lightning suddenly, while I am still a child, a branch is lopped from my being, and a portion of my childhood ends forever. I see what poets are (Poets Quotes) Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance. Educated listeners compare performance with text and with other performances. Good poets use the full resources of language (Poets Quotes)

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