Books Quote by Kojisei

“If a man cannot learn well a melody on pipe or harp,   unless he in every way strain his attention; how shall one, who…

— John Chrysostom

“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write,…

— W. H. Auden

While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A poet writing poetry, an artist creating calligraphy. An author scripting mastery with an encyclopedia intellect. From from a derelict's viewpoint, that can only…

— Jr. Lily

When I took my first poetry class, I felt that I could understand the relationships between words and the formal qualities of language in…

— Garth Greenwell

“If you would understand a people, look at them through the eyes of the poet, the musician and the artist.”

— Cynthia Pearl Maus

“What people want to read often seems incongruous. A pair of biker-types taking away Thoughts of the Dalai Lama. People without access to instruments…

— Alan Bennett

“As poets value the sounds of words above their meanings, and images above arguments, I am trying to get thinking people to be aware…

— Alan W. Watts

“I have made a similar suggestion for poetry: that one should approach it as pure sonority, reading and rereading it as a sort of…

— Paul Valéry

We learn what poetry is - if we ever learn - by reading it.

— T. S. Eliot

The source of each accordant strain Lies deeper than the Poet's brain. First from the people's heart must spring The passions which he learns…

— Bayard Taylor

“There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it.”

— BORGES JORGE LUIS