"Great poetry does not have to be technically intricate."

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Source : "To villanelle and back" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.

James Fenton

#Doe Quotes #Great Poetry Quotes

“Will and intellect are one and the same thing.”
“With ruin staring you in the face, there is nothing worse to live through than a siege of waiting and hoping. If you manage to live through it, nothing can ever jar your nerves after that.”
“I've come to terms with it, it knows I know.”
“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”
“Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.”
“What looks like resistance is often a lack of clarity.”
“This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
“Who ever thought that the world-famous Captain Obvious was really mild-mannered Colin Mochrie?”

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