Quote by André Gide

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

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In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself. – André Gide

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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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Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. – James Buchan

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Poetry

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. – Voltaire

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Poets are candid. They tell us not under an abstract, but an individual form, in which reality breathes, what humanity thinks in the most secret recesses of its mind. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well. – Ajay Naidu

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The reader, however, is warned not to be too sure that the author of any quotation had in mind the subject to which it is applied here. – Katharine B. Wood, “Preface,” Quotations for Occasions, 1896 [Confessional discl

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