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«Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.»
«What is essential in a work of art is that it should rise far above the realm of personal life and speak to the spirit and heart of the poet as man to the spirit and heart of mankind»
Author: Carl Gustav Jung
(Founder, Psychologist)
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Art
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«Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, ''Lighthouses'' as the poet said ''erected in the sea of time'.' They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
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«This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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«War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull»
«When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantly amalgamating disparate experiences.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
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