Baskets Quote by William Butler Yeats
“THAT crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul in division from itself Climbing, falling She knew not where, Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship, Her knee-cap broken, that girl I declare A beautiful lofty thing, or a thing Heroically lost, heroically found. No matter what disaster occurred She stood in desperate music wound, Wound, wound, and she made in her triumph Where the bales and the baskets lay No common intelligible sound But sang, 'O sea-starved, hungry sea”
About This Quote
Source Poem: Unpublished (likely early 20th‑century verse)
A fragmented poet wrestles with chaos, finding triumph amid disaster and brokenness.
In simple terms: Art emerges from chaos and brokenness.
Key Takeaway
Embrace brokenness as creative fuel.
Themes
creativity
resilience
chaos
Mood
melancholic
hopeful
Type
poetry
reflection
When to use this quote
- stormy nights
- creative blocks
- performance art
Key Concepts
existentialism
artistic expression
Questions to Reflect On
- How does pain shape your art?
- What does “heroically lost” mean to you?
A Different Perspective
Triumph may be fleeting without healing.
