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Quote by Paul Dirac
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be unders

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, its the exact opposite. – Paul Dirac

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It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in ones equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress. – Paul Dirac

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I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. – Paul Dirac

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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I dont have control over whether this feeling is in me or not. – Ian Hamilton Finlay

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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. – E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951

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