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William Empson Quotes

Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth’s vast hot iron, cold space’s empty waves Picture Quote #1
I’m afraid I take ... this rather clinical view of love: it’s saving you from madness. I’m not so enthusiastic as other poets have been Picture Quote #1
You don’t want madhouse and the whole thing there Picture Quote #1
Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end Picture Quote #1
The heart of standing is you cannot fly Picture Quote #1
My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you Picture Quote #1
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The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry Picture Quote #1
Life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can’t be solved by analysis Picture Quote #1
It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows Picture Quote #1
Poetry contains nothing haphazard Picture Quote #1
The heart of standing is that you cannot fly Picture Quote #1
Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men Picture Quote #1
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Poets, on the face of it, have either got to be easier or to write their own notes; readers have either got to take more trouble over reading or cease to regard notes as pretentious and a sign of bad poetry Picture Quote #1
This world is good enough for me, if only I can be good enough for it Picture Quote #1
Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth’s vast hot iron, cold space’s empty waves Picture Quote #1
To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public Picture Quote #1
Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end. What is there to be or do?What’s become of me or you?Are we kind or are we true?Sitting two and two, boys, waiting for the end Picture Quote #1
I’m afraid I take... this rather clinical view of love: it’s saving you from madness. I’m not so enthusiastic as other poets have been Picture Quote #1
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The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own Picture Quote #1
Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them Picture Quote #1
Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills Picture Quote #1
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Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth’s vast hot iron, cold space’s empty waves.  (William Empson Quotes) I’m afraid I take ... this rather clinical view of love: it’s saving you from madness. I’m not so enthusiastic as other poets have been.  (William Empson Quotes) You don’t want madhouse and the whole thing there  (William Empson Quotes) Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end  (William Empson Quotes) The heart of standing is you cannot fly  (William Empson Quotes) My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you  (William Empson Quotes) The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry  (William Empson Quotes) Life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can’t be solved by analysis  (William Empson Quotes) It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows  (William Empson Quotes) Poetry contains nothing haphazard  (William Empson Quotes) The heart of standing is that you cannot fly  (William Empson Quotes) Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men  (William Empson Quotes) Poets, on the face of it, have either got to be easier or to write their own notes; readers have either got to take more trouble over reading or cease to regard notes as pretentious and a sign of bad poetry  (William Empson Quotes) This world is good enough for me, if only I can be good enough for it  (William Empson Quotes) Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth’s vast hot iron, cold space’s empty waves  (William Empson Quotes) To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public  (William Empson Quotes) Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end. What is there to be or do?What’s become of me or you?Are we kind or are we true?Sitting two and two, boys, waiting for the end  (William Empson Quotes) I’m afraid I take... this rather clinical view of love: it’s saving you from madness. I’m not so enthusiastic as other poets have been  (William Empson Quotes) The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own  (William Empson Quotes) Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them  (William Empson Quotes) Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills  (William Empson Quotes)