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Quote by Victor Hugo
The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both. – Victor Hugo

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There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul. – Victor Hugo

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Sky & Clouds
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Victor Hugo
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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Ideas
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Victor Hugo
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Poetry
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True poets are those who have received from God, together with the gift of expression, the power of penetrating further than others into the things of the heart and the life. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. – David Lee Roth

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Poetry

I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I cant really think of anyone whos done anything like it since. – Ray Manzarek

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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W.H. Auden

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When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didnt know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway? – Henry Flynt

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Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially. – A. Bronson Alcott

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Positive anything is better than negative thinking. – Elbert Hubbard

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