Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Quote by T S Eliot

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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...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

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...

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

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...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

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.

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...

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...

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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...

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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?

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love builds bridges where there are none

Love builds bridges where there are none

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.