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Poetry Quotes

In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty Picture Quote #1

Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth and conscience finds its quietus either in universal defeat or in triumphant success, will organized religion cease to be Picture Quote #1

I like the beauty of Faulkner’s poetry. But I don’t like his themes, not at all Picture Quote #1

The greatness of poetry comes from its struggle to express the rapture of the soul in the contemplation of beauty Picture Quote #1

Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity, the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty Picture Quote #1

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem Picture Quote #1

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Let my name perish, -- the poetry is good poetry and the music is good music, and beauty dieth not, and the heart that needs it will find it Picture Quote #1

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ... [By seeking] logical beauty spiritual formulas are discovered necessary for the deeper penetration into the laws of nature Picture Quote #1

I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness, the beauty, the theatricality, the poetry and soul of the wire. And you cannot be a wire-walker without mingling those two ways of seeing life Picture Quote #1

Beauty is not all there is of poetry. It must contain the truth. It is not simply an oak, rude and grand, neither is it simply a vine. It is both. Around the oak of truth runs the vine of beauty Picture Quote #1

There’s not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library Picture Quote #1

I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I read in bed every night. I usually get in bed pretty early with a book, and I read until I can’t prop my eyes open anymore - sometimes rather late Picture Quote #1

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My mother wrote poetry when I was young - I have an early memory of the sound of her typewriter - and my father told me inventive bedtime stories Picture Quote #1

Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture Picture Quote #1

I think one of the things that distinguished my work from the beginning when I was in college was my turning towards poetry from other countries Picture Quote #1

I’ve already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you read it, it appears to be prose, but within the prose you have embedded the techniques of poetry Picture Quote #1

Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called ‘real world’ of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets Picture Quote #1

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it Picture Quote #1

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But for me, being an editor I’ve been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a way of always paying attention to the world for me; a way of letting the world stick to me instead of being anxious or estranged, just being present in the world Picture Quote #1

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga Picture Quote #1

Drama, it would be as if you wrote some poetry. You’d run the risk of being embarrassed if people read it, because you’re pouring your heart out and you’re not mitigating it with any humor or anything Picture Quote #1

In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief Picture Quote #1

Being Jewish, you didn’t get into a sorority. So I really was much more outgoing and gregarious. I really didn’t want to spend an Emily Dickinson adolescence reading poetry on gravestones, which I did Picture Quote #1

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Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture, architecture please, thrill, inspire - but oratory rules. The orator dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their judgment, compels their action. For the time being, he is master Picture Quote #1

Poetry allows me to write about what I don’t know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written Picture Quote #1

And any stone being mentally handled must become endowed with such poetry and artistry as God has given you Picture Quote #1

Whenever poetry and politics are mentioned in the same breath, we tend to miss the point entirely - as I often have - and we ask ourselves whether poetry and politics even belong together, because they’re often so poorly married that we think of them as oil and water Picture Quote #1

It was actually a women’s writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction Picture Quote #1

The young student sits with his head bent over his books, and his mind straying in youth’s dreamland; where prose is prowling on the desk and poetry hiding in the heart Picture Quote #1

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In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty. (Poetry Quotes) Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth and conscience finds its quietus either in universal defeat or in triumphant success, will organized religion cease to be. (Poetry Quotes) I like the beauty of Faulkner’s poetry. But I don’t like his themes, not at all. (Poetry Quotes) The greatness of poetry comes from its struggle to express the rapture of the soul in the contemplation of beauty. (Poetry Quotes) Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity, the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty. (Poetry Quotes) The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem. (Poetry Quotes) Let my name perish, -- the poetry is good poetry and the music is good music, and beauty dieth not, and the heart that needs it will find it. (Poetry Quotes) Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ... [By seeking] logical beauty spiritual formulas are discovered necessary for the deeper penetration into the laws of nature. (Poetry Quotes) I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness, the beauty, the theatricality, the poetry and soul of the wire. And you cannot be a wire-walker without mingling those two ways of seeing life. (Poetry Quotes) Beauty is not all there is of poetry. It must contain the truth. It is not simply an oak, rude and grand, neither is it simply a vine. It is both. Around the oak of truth runs the vine of beauty. (Poetry Quotes) There’s not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library. (Poetry Quotes) I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I read in bed every night. I usually get in bed pretty early with a book, and I read until I can’t prop my eyes open anymore - sometimes rather late. (Poetry Quotes) My mother wrote poetry when I was young - I have an early memory of the sound of her typewriter - and my father told me inventive bedtime stories. (Poetry Quotes) Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture (Poetry Quotes) I think one of the things that distinguished my work from the beginning when I was in college was my turning towards poetry from other countries. (Poetry Quotes) I’ve already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you read it, it appears to be prose, but within the prose you have embedded the techniques of poetry. (Poetry Quotes) Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called ‘real world’ of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets. (Poetry Quotes) I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it (Poetry Quotes) But for me, being an editor I’ve been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is a way of always paying attention to the world for me; a way of letting the world stick to me instead of being anxious or estranged, just being present in the world. (Poetry Quotes) Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga. (Poetry Quotes) Drama, it would be as if you wrote some poetry. You’d run the risk of being embarrassed if people read it, because you’re pouring your heart out and you’re not mitigating it with any humor or anything. (Poetry Quotes) In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief. (Poetry Quotes) Being Jewish, you didn’t get into a sorority. So I really was much more outgoing and gregarious. I really didn’t want to spend an Emily Dickinson adolescence reading poetry on gravestones, which I did. (Poetry Quotes) Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture, architecture please, thrill, inspire - but oratory rules. The orator dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their judgment, compels their action. For the time being, he is master. (Poetry Quotes) Poetry allows me to write about what I don’t know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written. (Poetry Quotes) And any stone being mentally handled must become endowed with such poetry and artistry as God has given you. (Poetry Quotes) Whenever poetry and politics are mentioned in the same breath, we tend to miss the point entirely - as I often have - and we ask ourselves whether poetry and politics even belong together, because they’re often so poorly married that we think of them as oil and water. (Poetry Quotes) It was actually a women’s writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction. (Poetry Quotes) The young student sits with his head bent over his books, and his mind straying in youth’s dreamland; where prose is prowling on the desk and poetry hiding in the heart. (Poetry Quotes)

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