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Quote by Denis Diderot
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. – Denis Diderot

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It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. – Denis Diderot

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Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful. – Denis Diderot

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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isnt poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do. – J. Milton Hayes

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The older Ive got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry. – Reynolds Price

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Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers. – Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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A poet is someone who is astonished by everything. – Anon.

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