Quote by John Drinkwater
The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prom

The musician – if he be a good one – finds his own perception prompted by the poets perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music. – John Drinkwater

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So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. – John Drinkwater

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Failure
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Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them. – John Drinkwater

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There can be no proof that Blakes lyric is composed of the best words in the best order only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. – Paul Engle, New York Times, 17 February 1957

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As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but youre always ultimately going to be saying somebody elses words. I dont think Id have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but Id love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. – Daniel Radcliffe

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The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it. – Robert Penn Warren

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The poet illuminates us by the flames in which his being passes away. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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