"poetry ... shows with a sudden intense clarity what is already there."

--

Source : Helen Smith Bevington (1961). “When Found, Make a Verse of”

Helen Bevington

#Clarity Quotes #Intense Quotes #Shows Quotes

“We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.”
“Jarrell was not so much a father . . . as an affectionate encyclopedia.”
“How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays; And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree. Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all flow'rs and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose.”

Source : 'The Garden' (1681) st. 1
“A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the stones, and the mason replied, "I am making stones." He asked a stone carver what he was doing. "I am carving a gargoyle." And so it went, each person said in detail what they were doing. Finally he came to an old woman who was sweeping the ground. She said. "I am helping build a cathedral." ...Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what they are doing relates to the larger picture.”
“Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third, we must begin to decarbonise our energy supply”
“Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.”
“The spectacle of advertising creates images of false beauty so suave and so impossible to attain that you will hurt inside and never even know where the hurt comes from, and in all pictures now the famous people have already begun to look lost and lonely.”
“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”

You may also like: