Quotes about Poetry
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
by Lascelles Abercrombie (Poet, British , born in 1881) keywords: art, constantly, epic, form, general, made, mean, needs, poetry, process, profound, responded, society, way , which Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
by Lascelles Abercrombie (Poet, British , born in 1881) keywords: always, attitude, cannot, epic, exhibits, great, itself, life, manner, poetry, said, some, strictly, symbolic , symbolize Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.
by Lascelles Abercrombie (Poet, British , born in 1881) keywords: anything, artistic, communities, creation, individual, mind, never, peoples, poetry, poets, production , work That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.
by Lascelles Abercrombie (Poet, British , born in 1881) keywords: been, broadly, epic, independently, invented, invention, itself, many, needs, poetry, prompted, say, similar, times , which Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.
by Charles Baudelaire (Poet, French , born in 1821) keywords: any, days, food, go, healthy, man, poetry, two , without A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
by Jean Cocteau (Director, French , born in 1889) keywords: bother, does, gardener, his, nor, nursery, poet, poetical, roses, scent , true Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
by Jean Cocteau (Director, French , born in 1889) keywords: children, cut, his, knot, life, lunatics, patiently, poet, spends, trying , which
