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Quote by Gaston Bachelard
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech… One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language. – Gaston Bachelard

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One must always maintain ones connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort. – Gaston Bachelard

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When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. – Mario Batali

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Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. – Jerry B. Jenkins

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Id always loved poetry and Id always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadnt thought of putting the two together until around that time. – Bruce Cockburn

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I dont like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. – Anne Stevenson

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