Logo
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

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. – Victor Hugo

Category:
God
Author
Victor Hugo
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry. – Julie Taymor

Category:
Poetry

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, its the exact opposite. – Paul Dirac

Category:
Poetry

I like poems that are little games. – Peter Davison

Category:
Poetry

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. – Robert Morgan

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. – Andre Gide

Category:
Be Yourself

And I was very shy as a kid if you sang me Happy Birthday, I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world. – Cody Horn

Category:
Birthday

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. – Bruce Barton

Category:
Enthusiasm

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? – Woody Allen

Category:
God