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Prose Poetry Quotes

Good prose is written only face to face with poetry Picture Quote #1

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose Picture Quote #1

Poetry makes its own pertinence, and a single stanza outweighs a book of prose Picture Quote #1

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line Picture Quote #1

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff Picture Quote #1

The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor Picture Quote #1

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Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard Picture Quote #1

Prose may carry a load of ill-defined matters like a ship. But poetry is the machine which drives it, pruned to a perfect economy Picture Quote #1

The trouble with us in America isn,t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy Picture Quote #1

My first book was poetry, but I didn’t write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose Picture Quote #1

I do love writing prose interspersed with the poetry of other people. Their rhythms break into my prose and create a connection Picture Quote #1

Writers quite often starve. And I’m mainly just writing critical prose and poetry, that’s a formula for starvation Picture Quote #1

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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired Picture Quote #1

Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness Picture Quote #1

When a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it is poetry Picture Quote #1

Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements Picture Quote #1

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy Picture Quote #1

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose Picture Quote #1

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The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry Picture Quote #1

Beer is prose. Wine is poetry Picture Quote #1

Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose Picture Quote #1

A good sentence in prose should be like a good line in poetry, unchangeable, as rhythmic, as sonorous Picture Quote #1

I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation Picture Quote #1

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose Picture Quote #1

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Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it Picture Quote #1

Prose talks and poetry sings Picture Quote #1

Eloquence is the poetry of prose Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony Picture Quote #1

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry Picture Quote #1

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct Picture Quote #1

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Good prose is written only face to face with poetry (Prose Poetry Quotes) One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose (Prose Poetry Quotes) Poetry makes its own pertinence, and a single stanza outweighs a book of prose (Prose Poetry Quotes) A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line (Prose Poetry Quotes) I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff (Prose Poetry Quotes) The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor (Prose Poetry Quotes) Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard (Prose Poetry Quotes) Prose may carry a load of ill-defined matters like a ship. But poetry is the machine which drives it, pruned to a perfect economy (Prose Poetry Quotes) The trouble with us in America isn,t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy (Prose Poetry Quotes) My first book was poetry, but I didn’t write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose. (Prose Poetry Quotes) I do love writing prose interspersed with the poetry of other people. Their rhythms break into my prose and create a connection. (Prose Poetry Quotes) Writers quite often starve. And I’m mainly just writing critical prose and poetry, that’s a formula for starvation. (Prose Poetry Quotes) There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired (Prose Poetry Quotes) Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness (Prose Poetry Quotes) When a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it is poetry (Prose Poetry Quotes) Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements (Prose Poetry Quotes) The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy (Prose Poetry Quotes) In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose (Prose Poetry Quotes) The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry (Prose Poetry Quotes) Beer is prose. Wine is poetry (Prose Poetry Quotes) Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose (Prose Poetry Quotes) A good sentence in prose should be like a good line in poetry, unchangeable, as rhythmic, as sonorous (Prose Poetry Quotes) I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation (Prose Poetry Quotes) Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose (Prose Poetry Quotes) Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it (Prose Poetry Quotes) Prose talks and poetry sings (Prose Poetry Quotes) Eloquence is the poetry of prose (Prose Poetry Quotes) Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony (Prose Poetry Quotes) Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry (Prose Poetry Quotes) If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct (Prose Poetry Quotes)

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