The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.

The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may read more

The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may hold it a long time, or a short time, but it is then that he must strike it or never. School and college have been conducted with the almost express purpose of keeping him busy with something else till the danger of his ever creating anything is past.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.

Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.