"The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?"

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John Crowe Ransom

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“If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.”
“Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them - certain traits, certain places where you donâ€™t let the world go.”
“In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom.”
“I was the Specials' founder, main songwriter and keyboard player.”

Source : "I founded the Specials, and now they've excluded me" by Jerry Dammers, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2009.
“Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.”

Source : Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.402
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”

Source : Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.36, Arthur Schopenhauer
“The more important point, however, is not about what the money does. It's about what has to be done to get the money. The effect of the money might be (democratically) benign. But what is done to secure that money is not necessarily benign. To miss this point is to betray the Robin Hood fallacy: the fact that the loot was distributed justly doesn't excuse the means taken to secure it.”
“Never forget that music is too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals.”

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