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Poetry Quotes by Elwyn Brooks White
- A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape…
- A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear…
- The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal…
- A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all…
More Poetry Quotes
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me… — Chinua Achebe
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to… — Unknown Author
- If you become more sensitive to beauty, to poetry, that means your love has blossomed. And all the energy that has been… — Rajneesh