Quotes having the keyword Prose
The Italian prose tale had begun to exercise that influence as early as Chaucer's time: but circumstances and atmosphere were as yet unfavourable for its growth.
by George Saintsbury (Writer, English , born in 1845) keywords: atmosphere, begun, chaucer, circumstances, early, exercise, growth, had, influence, italian, prose, tale, time, were , yet The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical.
by William Shenstone (Poet, English , born in 1714) keywords: even, felt, frequently, lines, most, musical, period, poetry, preeminently, prose, quoted, recollected, scripture, texts, those , which The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.
by George Steiner (Critic, American , born in 1929) keywords: any, being, brain, expression, heart, human, important, learn, loves, most, pay, piece, poem, prose, really, she, tribute , vital A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.
by Lee Strasberg (Director, American , born in 1901) keywords: accent, actor, because, delivered, does, essence, feeling, great, independent, poet, prose, reside, supreme, verse , which People and places are the source of my work, both in prose and verse-and this remark is not the truism it seems, for I do not distinguish as sharply between a place and a person as most people seem to do.
by Leonard Alfred George Strong (Writer, English , born in 1896) keywords: between, both, distinguish, most, person, place, places, prose, remark, seem, seems, sharply, source , work Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.
by Michael Tippett (Composer, English , born in 1905) keywords: begins, changed, extra, fascinating, go, into, over, poetry, prose, somehow, something, soon , thing I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.
by Jeff Vandermeer (Writer, American , born in 1968) keywords: always, care, down, entirely, lush, necessary, prose, story, strip, style, take, tended , toward One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) topics: Poetry keywords: deny, few, fewer, merit, more, persons, poetry, prose, says, than, will , words Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.
by Horace Walpole (Author, English , born in 1717) keywords: art, beautiful, exchanging, harmony, laborious, plain, poetry, prose, sense , way Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.
by Malcolm Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1914) keywords: answers, artists, asking, emotional, got, hear, just, more, music, other, poetry, prose, questions, revolutionary, saying , than I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing: have no time to waste any more on prose.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: any, concentration, fused, glowing, glued, more, prose, romance, time, together, want, waste , worlds The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: body, essence, gives, his, mind, mold, poet, prose, takes , us Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: best, delicious, full, most, poetry, prose, true, which , yet I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real.
by Marguerite Young (Author, American , born in 1908) keywords: abandon, back, between, book, course, drunkards, forth, never, poetic, prose, real, realism, realistic, style, surreal, their, try, weave, would , write
