"For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on the other. The choice is between the nullity and vanity of our first efforts, and the developing of a sense of idiom, form, structure, metre, rhythm, line - all the fundamental characteristics of this verbal art."

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Source : "An Introduction to English Poetry". Book by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2002.

James Fenton

#Art Quotes #Vanity Quotes #Hands Quotes

“I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.”
“As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since.”
“I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.”

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“But dear, don't be afraid of love it's only magic.”
“Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.”
“The period before the dawn of knowledge is called the age of darkness.”
“Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.”
“The academy is an incredibly sheltered world, and I do think it's important for writers to get out from under that shelter, at least for a while, to see what the world looks like from outside it.”

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