“Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.”
— William Hazlitt
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“Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.”
— William C. Bryant
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“But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.”
— Alfred de Vigny
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“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.”
— Franz Grillparzer
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“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
— T. S. Eliot
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“To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry.”
— Laura Riding
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“The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.”
— Muriel Rukeyser
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“Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.”
— Wallace Stevens
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“PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.”
— Diane Wakoski
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“There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.”
— John Ashbery
Author: John Ashbery
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“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.”
— William Blake
Author: William Blake
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