--- title: "8 Dr-alok-mishra Quotes By Alok Mishra" description: "8 Dr-alok-mishra quotes by Alok Mishra. Plus more from Alok Mishra and more Dr-alok-mishra sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/alok-mishra-28927_academic_academic-criticism-often-focuses-on-plea_1008921.jpg" --- > [“Academic criticism often focuses on pleasing the examiners for various purposes. It lacks the aesthetic design, the nobility of purpose and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/academic-criticism-often-focuses-on-pleasing-the-examiners-for/) [Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/alok-mishra-28927_academic_academic-criticism-often-focuses-on-plea_1008921.jpg) > [“Sadly, but certainly, a promising genre of literature in poetry that began with pomp and a loud thud, a banger and an…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/alok-mishra-28927_academic_sadly-but-certainly-a-promising-genre-of_1306664.jpg) > [“In the beginning, poets make their best efforts to fit words into their rhyme and lyric. However, as time passes and the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/alok-mishra-28927_author_in-the-beginning-poets-make-their-best-e_1983548.jpg) > [“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/alok-mishra-28927_books_every-profound-literary-work-is-a-bridge_2024815.jpg) > [“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/when-put-to-the-best-use-poetry-has-not-only-the-power-to-stir-one-s/) [Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/alok-mishra-28927_books_when-put-to-the-best-use-poetry-has-not_2636517.jpg) > [“Meaningful literary criticism is like penance to please Bhagwan Shiva and ask for wisdom for the world instead of material things for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/meaningful-literary-criticism-is-like-penance-to-please-bhagwan-shiva/) [Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/alok-mishra-28927_academic_meaningful-literary-criticism-is-like-pe_2842072.jpg) > [“Only if I knew that knowing it would bring a burden I could seldom carry and ferry among those I know, only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/only-if-i-knew-that-knowing-it-would-bring-a-burden-i-could-seldom/) [Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/alok-mishra-28927_burden_only-if-i-knew-that-knowing-it-would-bri_2974718.jpg) > [“Philosophy eulogises death, perturbs lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-mishra/philosophy-eulogises-death-perturbs-lives/) [Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/alok-mishra-28927_academic_philosophy-eulogises-death-perturbs-live_3031689.jpg) ## 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/) [Alok Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-mishra/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dr-alok-mishra/alok-mishra/#itemlist", "name": "8 Dr-alok-mishra Quotes By Alok Mishra", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Academic criticism often focuses on pleasing the examiners for various purposes. 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