But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.

Quote by Allen Tate

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Men expect too much, do too little.

Men expect too much, do too little.

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to...

I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to...

Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.

Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three...

I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three...

For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their...

For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their...

We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate.

We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate.

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is...

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is...

The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!

The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!

Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.

Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.

The Spring I seek is in a new face only.

The Spring I seek is in a new face only.

Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the...

Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the...

There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase...

There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase...

Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state...

Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state...

So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a...

So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a...

A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it...

A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it...

Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation.

Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation.

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it...

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it...

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that...

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that...