Quote by André Gide

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

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

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Art
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When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock n roll was asleep. – Patti Smith

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Poetry

No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern. – Thomas Harrison

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Poetry

So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations. – Thomas Lynch

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Poetry

Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing. – James Tate

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Poetry

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I travel the world, and Im happy to say that America is still the great melting pot – maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean. – Philip Glass

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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. – Chinese Proverb

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There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes. – José Ortega y Gasset

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