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"Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible." C.S. Lewis 4.625 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say." GK Chesterton 4.33333333333333 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness." Christopher Morley 4 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The one man who should never attempt an explanation on poetry is its author. If the poem can be improved by its author’s explanations, it never should have been published." Archibald MacLeish 3.6 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy." Lionel Trilling 4.66666666666667 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." GK Chesterton 4.73076923076923 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession." Robert Frost 4.8 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Too many poets delude themselves by thinking that the mind is dangerous and must be left out. Well, the mind is dangerous and must be left in." Robert Frost 4 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote


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