Logo
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emoti

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. – T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent, 1919

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know. – Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest

Category:
Poetry

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. – John Barton

Category:
Poetry

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man cant touch. – E. M. Forster

Category:
Poetry

While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of difficult poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and theres room for difficult poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry wont be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. – Andrew Motion

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
strength

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. – Twyla Tharp

Category:
Business

To learn about eye protection, ask someone who has one. – Author unknown

Category:
Safety

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. – Dave Barry

Category:
Religion