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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and…

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Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an…
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty,…
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to…
The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very…
It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the…
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age…
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it…
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new…
No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the…
For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
How to tell students what to look for without telling them what to see is the dilemma of teaching.
Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner…

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The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the… — Ibrahim Babangida
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given… — Theodore Bikel
The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the… — Francois Fenelon
Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all… — Lydia M. Child
It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade. — Hugh Mackay
Richard Burton had a tremendous passion for the English language, especially the spoken and written word — Unknown Author
Every spoken word double-crosses us. The only tolerable form of communication is the written word, since it isn't a stone in a… — Fernando Pessoa
Plato used the dialogue format because the exchange of views, the posing and answering of questions, showed that understanding is a living,… — John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to… — Albert Einstein
I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word, — Laura Linney
All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put… — Bill Wyman

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