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• The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the… — Eugene Ionesco
• For now the poet cannot die, Nor leave his music as of old, But round him ere he scarce be cold Begins… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
• A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. — Nathalie Sarraute
• Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a… — Robert Graves
• It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old… — Marianne Moore

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