"Mastery in poetry consists largely in the instinct for not ruining or smothering or tinkering with moments of vision."

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Source : Edmund Blunden (1930). “Leigh Hunt: a biography”, Archon Books

Edmund Blunden

#Vision Quotes #Mastery Quotes #Tinkering Quotes

“If misery spelled revolt, we should have had nothing but revolt from the beginning of time. On the contrary, it is quite rare.”
“I feel 21. I've looked after myself and take my football seriously.”
“Coca-Cola is little more than sugar, some flavoring, and lots of (carbonated) water. It is largely indistinguishable from innumerable other brands of cola, yet people around the world seem to think that Coca-Cola is something and they are eager to ask for it by name and even to pay a premium for it.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.”

Source : "On my radar: Nile Rodgers". Interview with Ellie Bothwell, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2013.
“If you are not physically strong, it's difficult. But at the same time, I think you need something more than that; you need to vary your shots, as Justine has been able to do in Amelia or Charleston, where she beat her -- I can't remember where it was on clay. So you need this kind of thing. But of course if you're not fit, you'll never make it through.”
“I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of a play called The Changing Room written by a wonderful man named David Story. It was about a rugby team in the North of England. It got just screaming rave reviews. At that time, virtually every major critic went up to the Long Wharf Theater to see a new play like that.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?”

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