"You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know."

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Vikram Seth

#Way Quotes #Ears Quotes #Matter Quotes

“There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original.”
“The true essence of Chinese culture is sophistication, refinement, the spirit of poetry. The spirit of ink painting and calligraphy lives on forever. Calligraphy is more important than painting. Chinese always consider nature. Man is a very small part of nature. That's why in Chinese painting you see huge mountains and man very small, very humble before nature. You must be harmonious and one with nature. You don't fight it. And then there's a bit of a poetry. Of course, it's very complicated, but also very simple.”
“Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey.”
“I was truly thrilled when Alex-Zsolt played for my tribute concert titled, 'A Tribute to Richard M. Sherman.' Â This special concert event was held at Disney's Historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Â Â Alex was great and he played my songs very musically and in supercalifragilisticexpialidocious style!”
“The fact is that until I saw paintings as icons, I couldn't see why people painted at all.”
“The surroundings householders crave are glorified autobiographies ghost-written by willing architects and interior designers who, like their clients, want to show off.”
“I think there's a playfulness and a distance to Kavalier and Clay that I don't aspire to in my stuff. Maybe I'm more old-fashioned, and less of a fabulist, in that way.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up.”

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