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> [“Academic criticism often focuses on pleasing the examiners for various purposes. It lacks the aesthetic design, the nobility of purpose and the freedom to touch emotional and humane aspects of the literary work that appeal to the senses rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/academic-criticism-often-focuses-on-pleasing-the-examiners-for/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

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## More by Alok Mishra

> [“from him we come into him we go in between, we see what he decides to show.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/from-him-we-come-into-him-we-go-in-between-we-see-what-he-decides-to/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Solitude is a powerful tool; the master who uses this tool must have courage, conviction, experience and vision!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/solitude-is-a-powerful-tool-the-master-who-uses-this-tool-must-have/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Loneliness is a passive state. It is a compulsion when you are left on your own by others. Solitude, on the other hand, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/loneliness-is-a-passive-state-it-is-a-compulsion-when-you-are-left-on/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Solitude has the potential to bring the best thoughts to you. When you are not involved in the emotional, entangled in the sentimental, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/solitude-has-the-potential-to-bring-the-best-thoughts-to-you-when-you/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Sometimes by water 'and sometimes by the wind, 'my random lines on sand will be 'erased. What am I now? A ruddy rage? 'He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/sometimes-by-water-and-sometimes-by-the-wind-my-random-lines-on-sand/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Academic criticism often focuses on pleasing the examiners for various purposes. It lacks the aesthetic design, the nobility of purpose and the freedom to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/academic-criticism-often-focuses-on-pleasing-the-examiners-for/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Sadly, but certainly, a promising genre of literature in poetry that began with pomp and a loud thud, a banger and an emphatic entry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/sadly-but-certainly-a-promising-genre-of-literature-in-poetry-that/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“In the beginning, poets make their best efforts to fit words into their rhyme and lyric. However, as time passes and the ink mystifies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/in-the-beginning-poets-make-their-best-efforts-to-fit-words-into/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as a collective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/every-profound-literary-work-is-a-bridge-between-what-we-are-and-what/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Personal angst, agony, anger, anxiety and pleasure might produce good poetry. However, to create the best, as many poets have expressed in the past,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/personal-angst-agony-anger-anxiety-and-pleasure-might-produce-good/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and served with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/this-observation-understanding-and-appreciation-when-combined-with/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Firm was my resolve and fragile was my heart. I saw many ends and many a start.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/firm-was-my-resolve-and-fragile-was-my-heart-i-saw-many-ends-and-many/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/any-poet-may-find-the-most-profound-themes-scattered-along-the-path/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/a-poet-not-only-has-to-observe-but-also-absorb-all-the-emotions/)

[Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/)

> [“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/when-put-to-the-best-use-poetry-has-not-only-the-power-to-stir-one-s/)

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