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

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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,...

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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

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

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.