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> [Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/poetry-is-simply-the-most-beautiful-impressive-and-widely-effective/)

[Matthew Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-arnold/)

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> [When I think about what really matters, it's not looking at art that has made the most difference or has been most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/when-i-think-about-what-really-matters-it-s-not-looking-at-art-that/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

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> [I also could see myself as a stand-up comedian, a fashion designer (for people of all sizes), a hairdresser, an earnest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-duhamel/i-also-could-see-myself-as-a-stand-up-comedian-a-fashion-designer-for/)

[Denise Duhamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-duhamel/)

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> [Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every kind, of realistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-valery/poetry-is-simply-literature-reduced-to-the-essence-of-its-active/)

[Paul Valery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-valery/)

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> [The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-oppen/the-first-question-at-that-time-in-poetry-was-simply-the-question-of/)

[George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-oppen/)

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