The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head -- and it is his head that splits.

Quote by G K Chesterton

Topics: Poets Quotes

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have...

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

If an angel out of heaven Brings you other things to drink, Thank him for...

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not...

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well...

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and...

It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and...

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...