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Quote by André Gide

“Therefore” is a word the poet must not know. – André Gide

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I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. РAndr̩ Gide

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Adversity
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. РAndr̩ Gide

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Hypocrisy
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. РAndr̩ Gide

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Art
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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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You dont go after poetry, you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work. – Phyllis Gotlieb

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Poetry

Poetry… simple, sensuous and passionate. – John Milton, “Of Education. To Mr. Samuel Hartlib,” c.1650

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Poetry

I dont see how poetry can ever be easy… Real poetry, the thick, dense, intense, complicated stuff that lives and endures, requires blood sweat; blood and sweat are essential elements in poetry as well as behind it. – Edward Abbey

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Poetry

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. – William Shenstone

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Poetry

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I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can. – Franz Schubert

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Imagination

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that its more dangerous to lose than to win. – George Bernard Shaw

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Knowledge

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. – Oscar Wilde

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Life

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people. – Howard Dean

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God