"The musician - if he be a good……" — John Drinkwater
"The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music."
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24 Quotes by John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater has 24 quotes on this site.
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Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.
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It is commonly asserted and accepted that Paradise Lost is among the two or three greatest English poems; it may…
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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.
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A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose…
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Grant us the wil1 to fashion as we feel, Grant us the strength to labor as we know, Grant us…
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There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a…
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This be my pilgrimage and goal Daily to march and find The secret phrases of the soul, The evangels of…
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And not a girl goes walking Along the Cotswold lanes But knows men's eyes in April Are quicker than their…
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Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of…
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Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the…
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The written word is everything.
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But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words…
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The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own…
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I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations…
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Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
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I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.
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