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The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. – John Ruskin

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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. – John Ruskin

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It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – John Ruskin

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The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. – John Ruskin

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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. Thats what poetry does. – Allen Ginsberg

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Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. – Charles Simic

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From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become from what the ancients did, what poetry must be. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Poetry is, first and last, language – the rest is filler. – Mark Strand

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