Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over

Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under read more

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can read more

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are read more

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with read more

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama.

Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.