Quote by Thomas Hardy
Poetry is emotion put into measure. - Thomas Hardy

Poetry is emotion put into measure. – Thomas Hardy

Other quotes by Thomas Hardy

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. – Thomas Hardy

Category:
Obscurity
Read Quote

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy

Category:
Poetry
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools. – John Barton

Category:
Poetry

Compression of poetry is so great I often explode. Out of the house to walk off a poem. – William Corbett, “On Reading: Notes & a Poem,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

Category:
Poetry

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her. – David Lehman

Category:
Poetry

I love painting and music, of course. I dont know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. Ive certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didnt read it until I was in my late 20s. – Kenneth Koch

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

I always like to win. But Im the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I dont have anything. Its hard. I love her too much. Thats what counts. – Venus Williams

Category:
Love

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary. – Victor Hugo

Category:
Men

If you dont design your own life plan, chances are youll fall into someone elses plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. – Jim Rohn

Category:
design

Love is the greatest touch-up artist of all. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Love