I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abroad, experience the horror of sordid passion and-if he is lucky enough-know the love of…

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In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of...

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of...

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that...

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that...

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is...

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is...

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done...

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done...

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...