If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

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You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.