Quote by Thomas Hardy
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by natur

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. – Thomas Hardy

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Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society and we cant get out of it if we would. – Thomas Hardy

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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. – Thomas Hardy

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In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it. – Ernst Fischer

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A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. – Gertrude Stein

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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. – Leo Tolstoy

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I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I dont need. – Auguste Rodin

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