“A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.”
— Karen Armstrong
Author: Karen Armstrong
Category: poetry
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But at the beginning it was clear
“But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.”
— Ian Hamilton Finlay
Author: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Category: poetry
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Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational
“Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: poetry
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Poetry is of so subtle a spirit,
“Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.”
— John Denham
Author: John Denham
Category: poetry
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What is poetry which does not save
“What is poetry which does not save nations or people?”
— Czeslaw Milosz
Author: Czeslaw Milosz
Category: poetry
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The more poetry you have in the
“The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all.”
— Peter Davison
Author: Peter Davison
Category: poetry
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One of the most powerful devices of
“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.”
— Robert Morgan
Author: Robert Morgan
Category: poetry
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What we know is that Shakespeare wrote
“What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man.”
— Stephen Greenblatt
Author: Stephen Greenblatt
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Those who have never entered upon scientific
“Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.”
— Herbert Spencer
Author: Herbert Spencer
Category: poetry
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Any healthy man can go without food
“Any healthy man can go without food for two days – but not without poetry.”
— Charles Baudelaire
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Category: poetry
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Poetry should surprise by a fine excess
“Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.”
— John Keats
Author: John Keats
Category: poetry
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