It is through the intentionality of poetic imagination that the poet's soul discovers the opening of consciousness common to all true poetry. — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as… — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
“How can you take such a risk? This could mean anything! It could mean nothing at all! Haven’t you heard of fiction?… — Jason Ellis Copy Share Image
It was not the purpose of poetry to record anything and everything, to merely describe either the outer world or some subjective… — Kathleen Raine Copy Share Image
Imagination in a poet is a faculty so wild and lawless that, like a high ranging spaniel, it must have clogs tied… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
