Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Communication Quotes, Poetry Quotes

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...

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

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...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

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...

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...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

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...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to...

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to...

The trouble is that too often there is forty horsepower under the bonnet and one...

The trouble is that too often there is forty horsepower under the bonnet and one...