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Quote by Wallace Stevens
In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and r

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all. – Wallace Stevens

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Intolerance respecting other peoples religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other peoples art. – Wallace Stevens

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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. – Wallace Stevens

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My chief aim is to make a poem. You make it for yourself firstly, and then if other people want to join in then there we are. – R.S. Thomas (1913–2000)

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People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and thats a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. – Lucille Clifton

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I do actually dabble in a bit of poetry! And Im yet to pen a script, but it is something that Ive been telling myself I want to do. – Luke Treadaway

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Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully. – Aristotle

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