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"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically."

Ackerman, Diane · Poetry and Poets · 0 fans >>
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"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular."

Aristotle · Poetry and Poets · 1 fans >>
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"Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully."

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"Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then we might even come to see that it is our veneration for what has already been created, however beautiful and valid it may be, that petrifies us."

Artaud, Antonin · Poetry and Poets · 0 fans >>
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"There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army."

Ashbery, John · Poetry and Poets · 0 fans >>
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"I cannot accept the doctrine that in poetry there is a suspension of belief. A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true."

Auden, W. H. · Poetry and Poets · 0 fans >>
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"It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it."

Auden, W. H. · Poetry and Poets · 1 fans >>
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"Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying."

Auden, W. H. · Poetry and Poets · 1 fans >>
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"Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest."

Auden, W. H. · Poetry and Poets · 0 fans >>
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"As a poet there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language against corruption. When it is corrupted, people lose faith in what they hear and this leads to violence."

Auden, W. H. · Poetry and Poets · 0 fans >>
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