Quote by John Drinkwater
Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences t

Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way. – John Drinkwater

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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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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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For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts. – John Drinkwater

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In this great age of communication, there a lot of people you cant actually understand. I know everyone tweets, and twits and texts and all that, but actually weve all got voices, and it is awfully nice to hear them and if you can understand what people are saying. – Penelope Keith

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There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. – Mary Martin

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After all, its the future of business communication that were looking toward. – Jim Barksdale

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During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts. – David Bohm

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