You May Also Like / View all maxioms
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.
Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.
In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.
In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation
and specificity.
I don't believe in mathematics.
I don't believe in mathematics.
Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding read more
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
