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Edith Hamilton on poetry
Author: Edith Hamilton“None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.” -Edith Hamilton
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Bruce Dickinson on poetry
Author: Bruce Dickinson“The mystical poetry of William Blake’s artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.” -Bruce Dickinson
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Michael Tippett on poetry
Author: Michael Tippett“Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.” -Michael Tippett
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Cheryl Hines on poetry
Author: Cheryl Hines“Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.” -Cheryl Hines
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David Hare on poetry
Author: David Hare“Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.” -David Hare
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Simon Callow on poetry
Author: Simon Callow“Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There’s huge, visionary poetry in it.” -Simon Callow
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Goldwin Smith on poetry
Author: Goldwin Smith“Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.” -Goldwin Smith
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Wilfred Owen on poetry
Author: Wilfred Owen“Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both.” -Wilfred Owen
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Salvatore Quasimodo on poetry
Author: Salvatore Quasimodo“Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man’s expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.” -Salvatore Quasimodo
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Peter Davison on poetry
Author: Peter Davison“It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can’t do in prose.” -Peter Davison
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Ajay Naidu on poetry
Author: Ajay Naidu“Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.” -Ajay Naidu
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Sally Kirkland on poetry
Author: Sally Kirkland“I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.” -Sally Kirkland
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin on poetry
Author: Edwin Hubbel Chapin“Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle.” -Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Dennis Potter on poetry
Author: Dennis Potter“Children can write poetry and then, unless they’re poets, they stop when reach puberty.” -Dennis Potter
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Gwendolyn Brooks on poetry
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks“Poetry is life distilled.” -Gwendolyn Brooks
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Corin Nemec on poetry
Author: Corin Nemec“I’ve done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I’ve compiled a book of poetry that’s completed, and two others I’m working on.” -Corin Nemec
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Richard Eyre on poetry
Author: Richard Eyre“Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.” -Richard Eyre
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Amber Tamblyn on poetry
Author: Amber Tamblyn“I don’t think it’s always good to read lots of poetry.” -Amber Tamblyn
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Azar Nafisi on poetry
Author: Azar Nafisi“I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.” -Azar Nafisi
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June Jordan on poetry
Author: June Jordan“So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.” -June Jordan
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Robert Graves on poetry
Author: Robert Graves“If there’s no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.” -Robert Graves
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Macklemore on poetry
Author: Macklemore“Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.” -Macklemore
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Lynn Johnston on poetry
Author: Lynn Johnston“And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.” -Lynn Johnston
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Franz Grillparzer on poetry
Author: Franz Grillparzer“Prose talks and poetry sings.” -Franz Grillparzer
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Nigel Lythgoe on poetry
Author: Nigel Lythgoe“I don’t think rap really fits in to ‘American Idol’ in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama, if you will.” -Nigel Lythgoe