"The aim of the poet, or other artist,……" — James Schuyler
"The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate"
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15 Quotes by James Schuyler
James Schuyler has 15 quotes on this site.
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What are the questions you wish to ask?
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Snow falling softly on lashes of eyes you love, and a cold cheek growing warm next to your own in…
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It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing
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I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem
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One tends to write beyond what's needed
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It seems to me that readers sometimes make the genesis of a poem more mysterious than it is (by that…
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In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is…
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However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.
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I wish i could press snowflakes in a book like flowers.
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A nothing day full of wild beauty .... Little fish stream by, a river in water.
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Looking at the sky last night and the moon in the first fresh dark, just a few stars, bright with…
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To change your phrase somewhat, I know that I like an art where disparate elements form an entity.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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