Quote by James Joyce
Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt ag

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. – James Joyce

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Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art it is the part the schools cannot recognize. – James Joyce

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Think youre escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. – James Joyce

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Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion. – James Joyce

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Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence. – Norman O. Brown

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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. – Oscar Wilde

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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. – Carl Sandburg

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Im quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. – Marguerite Young

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