Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Quote by TS Eliot

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

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...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

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

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

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...