A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

Quote by E M Forster

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It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to...

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to...