"Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation."

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Source : Robert Fitzgerald (1993). “The Third Kind of Knowledge: Memoirs & Selected Writings”, p.278, New Directions Publishing

Robert Fitzgerald

#Poetry Quotes #Elegance Quotes #Revelations Quotes

“The story of dance in the Western world is as much an alternative vision of the events of history as is the folk history told for generations by primal people.”

Source : Jamake Highwater (1978). “Dance: rituals of experience”
“There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt.”
“For me, drawing is the greatest joy. Animation is never as good as when I'm sitting at that desk drawing. Even when it's up on the screen, it's never as wonderful as those moments when it's drawn, to me.”
“Do not take hold of a past that no longer serves you, but embrace the stillness that is right now.”
“In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.”
“You can't push anything to happen if you can't push a blanket off your body at fajr.”
“Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference between a good song and a great song.”
“I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill me.”

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