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pedants culture forget
Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. Albert J. Nock
pedants poet joyce
Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant. George Orwell
pedants experts logic
The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians -- and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse. H. L. Mencken
pedants type prepositions
This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill
poetry should
Why then we should drop into poetry. Charles Dickens
poet companion whole-life
Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life. David McCullough
poetry mind body
Poetry is the connecting link between body and mind. Camille Paglia
poetry wish way
Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by. C. K. Williams
poet represent size sound thus universal
The poet should size the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
poet true
The poet does not know and often will never know his true receiver. Eugenio Montale
poet negotiation range
Readers bring their own experiences, their own range of - their own wisdom, their own knowledge, their own insights to poem and the meaning of a poem takes place in the negotiation between the poet, the poem and the reader. Edward Hirsch
poetry essentials needs
Poetry never loses its appeal. Sometimes its audience wanes and sometimes it swells like a wave. But the essential mystery of being human is always going to engage and compel us. We're involved in a mystery. Poetry uses words to put us in touch with that mystery. We're always going to need it.
poet reader great-poet
There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.
joyce
Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic. Victor LaValle
joyce great-writers
Jesse Joyce is a great writer. Dave Attell
joyce
For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead. Evan Dando