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Prose Quotes

The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them Picture Quote #1

All history, all romance, all poetry and all prose, taught him that perseverance in love was generally crowned with success, that true love rarely was crowned with success except by perseverance Picture Quote #1

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort Picture Quote #1

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children Picture Quote #1

And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny Picture Quote #1

All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed Picture Quote #1

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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection 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

Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, and drawl out measured prose, which they call verse Picture Quote #1

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in it's effects and laws, as beautiful as roses Picture Quote #1

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty 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

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The prose writer drags meaning along with a rope, the poet makes it stand out and hit you 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

I don’t dream songs. I’m more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs Picture Quote #1

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose Picture Quote #1

I’ve already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you read it, it appears to be prose, but within the prose you have embedded the techniques of poetry Picture Quote #1

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time Picture Quote #1

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

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn’t. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading Picture Quote #1

Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory Picture Quote #1

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process Picture Quote #1

So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse Picture Quote #1

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

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It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip Picture Quote #1

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality Picture Quote #1

With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed Picture Quote #1

The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose Picture Quote #1

There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong Picture Quote #1

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear Picture Quote #1

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The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them (Prose Quotes) All history, all romance, all poetry and all prose, taught him that perseverance in love was generally crowned with success, that true love rarely was crowned with success except by perseverance (Prose Quotes) Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort (Prose Quotes) All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children (Prose Quotes) And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny (Prose Quotes) All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed (Prose Quotes) There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry (Prose Quotes) One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose (Prose Quotes) Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, and drawl out measured prose, which they call verse (Prose Quotes) Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in it's effects and laws, as beautiful as roses (Prose Quotes) For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty (Prose 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 (Prose Quotes) The prose writer drags meaning along with a rope, the poet makes it stand out and hit you (Prose 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 Quotes) I don’t dream songs. I’m more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs (Prose Quotes) I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose (Prose Quotes) I’ve already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you read it, it appears to be prose, but within the prose you have embedded the techniques of poetry (Prose Quotes) Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time (Prose Quotes) Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony (Prose Quotes) Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn’t. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading (Prose Quotes) Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory (Prose Quotes) Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process (Prose Quotes) So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse (Prose Quotes) The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry (Prose Quotes) It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip (Prose Quotes) The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality (Prose Quotes) With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed (Prose Quotes) The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose (Prose Quotes) There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong (Prose Quotes) It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear (Prose Quotes)

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