Quote by Paul Valéry
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valéry

A poem is never finished, only abandoned. – Paul Valéry

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Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events. – Paul Valéry

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But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater

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The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry. – Erik Satie

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Im not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on Paradise Lost to translate it. – Callan McAuliffe

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Poetry is mans rebellion against being what he is. – James Branch Cabell

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