Quote by Saul Williams
More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears tow

More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry. – Saul Williams

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The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals. – Saul Williams

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Art
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I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life. – Saul Williams

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Poetry
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Why shouldnt rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess its this old idea of containment – that rappers, because theyre black, cant and shouldnt aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence. – Saul Williams

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History
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There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write. – Henry R. Luce

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Poetry

Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts. – Robinson Jeffers

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Poetry

Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools. – John Barton

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Poetry

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. – Steven Pinker

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Poetry

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I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of – I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. – Shelby Foote

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Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers. – Ralph Nader

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In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter,
Long ago. – Christina Rossetti

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Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. – Lion Feuchtwanger

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