Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.

Quote by T S Eliot

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In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.